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As one of the most renowned figures in the history of anthropology, Bronislaw Malinowski is recognised as having been central to the development of the discipline, with interpretations of his thought usually drawing attention to his work in founding the approach of functionalism and his innovative method of intensive field research. This book offers a decisive extension of Malinowski's achievement, referring to the accomplishments of present-day social sciences and humanities and the debts that they owe to Malinowksi's oeuvre.Bringing together eminent scholars in such fields as social anthropology, sociology, law, cultural studies, literary and theatre studies, and art history, this book emphasises the importance of Malinowski's theoretical and methodological insights as a treasure trove of inspiration for contemporary researchers.A critical commentary on the life, work, and legacy of Bronislw Malinowski, it sheds light on his academic work, while personal documents, many of which are not well known - or are completely unknown - in the Anglophone sphere, prove their fundamental importance for understanding his oeuvre, and the intellectual connections between his work and the work of other most prominent intellectuals of the 20th and 21st centuries. It will therefore appeal to scholars across the social sciences and humanities with interests in the history of anthropology and sociology and fundamental questions of theory and research methodology.
List of contents
PART I. BRONISLAW MALINOWSKI: KNOWN AND UNKNOWN
1. Grazyna Kubica, Bronislaw Malinowski - the (Somewhat Anglicized and Cosmopolitan) Pole: Biographical-Anthropological Reflections on His Polish Identity
2. Patrick Burke, Our Ancestors: Making Sense of Bronislaw Malinowski and Elsie Masson
PART II. REVISITING MALINOWSKI'S INTELLECTUAL BACKGROUND
3. Petr Skalník, An Argonaut from Krakow: Pre-field Malinowski as a Theorist
4. Krzysztof Lukasiewicz, Bronislaw Malinowski in the Laboratories of Leipzig
5. Adam Kuper, Malinowski: A Modernist in His Way
PART III. MALINOWSKI'S INTELLECTUAL RELATIONS: NEW INSIGHTS
6. Natalija Jakubova, 'I Am Not Really a Real Character': Malinowski, Witkiewicz and the Pitfalls of Making Oneself a 'Character'
7. Lena Magnone, Malinowski and the Disciples of Freud: Otto Rank, Ernest Jones and Wilhelm Reich
8. Anna Engelking, Under the Wing of the Rockefeller Foundation: On the Cooperation of Bronislaw Malinowski and His Polish Student Józef Obrebski
PART IV. RECONSIDERATIONS OF INTERPRETIVE FRAMEWORKS
9. Andreas Lipowsky, Bronislaw Malinowski: An Icon of a Body-centric Anthropology?
10. Andrzej Kisielewski, 'The Gardens Are, in a Way, a Work of Art': Bronislaw Malinowski's Social Anthropology as Anthropology of Art
11. Mateusz Stepien, Exploring the Intersection of Law, Culture, and Biology: Tensions and Unfulfilled Potential in Malinowski's Legal Thought
PART V. MALINOWSKI AND ANTHROPOLOGY TODAY
12. linus s. digim'Rina, Gimwala and Kula: Malinowski's Living Ethnography
13. Marta Songin-Mokrzan, What If We Have Followed Malinowski Instead of Staying on the Trobriand Islands? Notes on the Anthropological Multiverse
14. Dariusz Brzezinski, Bronislaw Malinowski and the Anthropology of Nostalgia
Aleksandar Boskovic, Afterword: Malinowski in Context
