Is European anthropology the product of a colonialist plot to gain intellectual hegemony? Was the epistemic posture of its main representatives in the past one of crypto-imperialism aimed at – and based upon – power, in the attempt to climb up the ‘hierarchy of knowledge’ and subjugate from its peak minor traditions of study? How can we think about the genealogy of Euro-anthropology (and its future progress) without necessarily capitulating to these narratives of powerism and to the grip of the radical post-colonial discourse, which has been growing mainstream of late? This piece seeks to briefly but piercingly address these pressing issues, while at the same time proposing a few viable routes around the resulting methodological impasses. It also represents the prolegomena to a longer and more substantial critique, which will be published later.

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欧洲人类学中的问题边界和“知识层次”

欧洲人类学是殖民主义谋求知识霸权的产物吗？其主要代表在过去的认知姿态是否是一种以权力为目标并以权力为基础的加密帝国主义，试图爬上“知识的等级”并从其巅峰的​​次要研究传统中征服？我们如何思考欧洲人类学的谱系学（及其未来的进展），而不必屈服于这些权力主义叙述和近来已成为主流的激进后殖民话语的控制？这篇文章试图简要但尖锐地解决这些紧迫的问题，同时提出一些可行的路线来解决由此产生的方法论僵局。它还代表了一个更长、更实质性的批评的序幕，该批评将在稍后出版。