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Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | Volume-5 | Issue-06
“A sojourn of Harmony and Dissonance”: A cast of Hybrid of Confluence and Discord between History and Anthropology in Contemporary Scholarship
Confidence Chia Ngam
Published: June 30, 2017 |
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DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2017.v05i06.007
Pages: 566-574
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Abstract
Social science contemporary studies posits with vehemence that the employment of interdisciplinary approach is an indispensable method of attempting to have a full grasp of what man and his environment in any time scape is all about. Two scientific disciplines where this intercourse has been consistently growing warm and active by dint of its mutual benefits are history and anthropology. In its all-out contemporary spirit of seeking to understand mans’ past(triumphs and failures) History leans on anthropology to provide her with knowledge about societal norms, mores, institutions, structures and cultural tenets. Anthropology on its part requires the knowledge of history to understand the rudiments of human cultures, received traditions and time influences.................