Visions of Community: An Introduction

Author(s)

Andre Gingrich, Maria-Christina Lutter

Abstract

The co-editors' introduction to this special issue of History and Anthropology outlines the rationale for featuring this collection of essays by social anthropologists and historians on medieval and early modern communities in Europe and Asia. After discussing basic terms and concepts in this endeavour, the introduction proceeds to address the comparative challenges implied in such transcontinental and cross-cultural forms of methodological practices. From here, the argument introduces this special issue's main division into three subsections, that is, (A) "Interdisciplinary Inspirations", (B) "Cross-cultural Comparisons" and (C) "Transdisciplinary Intersections". The text concludes with brief introductions to the contributing articles, and by a summary of the innovative conceptual and methodological results emanating from these forms of cooperation.

Organisation(s)

Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Department of History, Institute of Austrian Historical Research

Journal

History and Anthropology

Volume

26

Pages

1-7

No. of pages

7

ISSN

0275-7206

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/02757206.2014.930739

Publication date

07-2014

Peer reviewed

Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

605001 History of humanities, 509006 History of social sciences, 601012 Medieval history, 603908 History of religion

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cultural Studies, Anthropology, History

Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/8bd2626a-bdb4-4829-ac16-1b248f71efce