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Bergen,Norway.7 iv 73
The crisis of anthropology (cf. Hymes 1972) today can
hardlyarise fromanyirrelevanceofcomparativeknowledge
of cultures and societies to man's contemporarysituation.
To my understanding,it arises rather from our relative
failureto transformanthropologyfroma rich man's hobby
to a concerned human discipline.Anthropologyneeds the
discipline of rigorous intellectual standards and an informed, critical attitude to all aspects of one's own and
others' work. It must be human in recognizingthe social
and culturalconstructionof realitywhile yetseeking intercultural translatability
and universalityin participation.It
must be concerned in its strivingto transcend complacent
toleranceand value-freedomto create deeper understanding of the human condition. Since our steps are still so
uncertainin these directidns,we cannot allow many serious
mistakesin the profession,and must be highlycriticalof
ourselves and others. In our common interestI therefore
feel we are justifiedto demand full accountabilityof each
other. I am moved to react bya recentand highlysuccessful
book-The MountainPeople,by Colin M. Turnbull-since
I feel it exhibitsa number of anthropological difficulties
and failings in such a crass form that it deserves both
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an opportunity
fortesting
thecherished
notionthatloveisessential
to survival.If itis, theIk shouldhave it.Whetherit makesthem
or us any different
fromotheranimalsis a matterof opinion,
I wrotebackthat
but I mustconfessthatearlyduringfieldwork
I could notbelieveI was studying
a humansociety;it was rather
of baboons.
well-ordered
likelookingat a singularly
community
This was meantto be insulting
neitherto theIk nor to baboons.
. . . I searched for evidence of love almost from the beginning.
I found more of it in . . . two baby leopards than I did among
theIk.
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. I brought him
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