What Actually Happened in the History of Anthropology? In the myth-cum-history that legitimates anthropology, there are revolutions which mark time’s passage and posts which mark the significant places we all hope to have passed. I argue the radical shift from 19 th century thinkers to contemporary cultural anthropologists occurred as a reaction to the evolutionist-models only insofar as they entertained ideas deemed “dangerous” to the social order. The ideas of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions will be employed to illustrate the reaction of 20 th century anthropologist as a reflection of a larger, collective social response. All of us are born into a “tribal mentality” of various forms. These include our family unit, religious background, country of origin, ethnicity, etc. The tribal mentality effectively indoctrinates an individual into the tribe’s beliefs, ensuring that all believ...
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