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Category Archives: Anthropology
Native Americans, North and South
There is a very interesting (small, but perfectly formed) exhibition on at the National Portrait Gallery in London until 23 June. It consists of some of the portraits painted by George Catlin of the ‘Indians’ of both the North and … Continue reading
Do You Like Kipling?
The wrong (and excruciating) answer to this is: ‘I don’t know, I’ve never kippled’ (this joke is courtesy of my father, more than 50 years ago, and it works a tiny bit better if spoken rather than read). I haven’t … Continue reading
A Meeting of Civilisations
In the last few days, a British government delegation, headed by the Prime Minister, has been in India, talking trade, visas, and, inevitably, the colonial past.
Posted in Anthropology, Archaeology, Art and architecture, Astronomy, Biography, History, Language and Linguistics, Mathematical Sciences, Philosophy, Printing and Publishing History, Religious Studies, Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge, Travel and Exploration
Tagged British Empire, India, Royal Asiatic Society
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The Two Cultures
Last week, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a series of five programmes about the origin, meaning and significance of the word ‘culture’. The hook on which the series hung was the opposition between the ways in which the word was defined … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Classics, Life Science, Philosophy
Tagged Charles Darwin, E.B. Tylor, Matthew Arnold
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Hobson-Jobson
Advance warning of an interesting-sounding programme on BBC Radio 4 at 11 a.m. tomorrow (Friday): see the article on the BBC website. We reissued Yule and Burnell’s Hobson-Jobson, Being a Glossary of Anglo-Indian Colloquial Words and Phrases and of Kindred Terms, in 2010 … Continue reading
