Kradin N. N. Conception of “tribe” in the modern anthropology - Studia Slavica Et Balcanica Petropolitana

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Title of the article	Conception of «tribe» in the modern anthropology
Authors	Kradin, Nikolay Nikolaevich — Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnology, Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia, Professor, Doctor of Historical Science, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
In the section	Commentarii / Articles
Year	2015	Issue	2	Pages	4-12
Type of article	RAR	Index UDK	930.85	Index BBK	63.5
Abstract	The term tribe is the most controversial concept in modern anthropology, ethnology, sociology and history. Many modern researchers believe that this concept is generated by the colonial era and is a «colonial myth» or a «historiographical phantom», and on this basis it has to be rejected in the modern research practice. This article shows how the notion of tribe (and the attitudes to it) had been configured and was changing over time. It is stated that the term and the concept behind it the tribe has not lost its relevance, heuristic, and its use is extremely important for anthropologists to maintain their own professional self-identity. The concept of tribe is complementary to the key concept of political anthropology ― chiefdom.
Keywords	tribe, chiefdom, political and social anthropology
	Full text version of the article.			Article language	Russian
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