El legado del funcionalismo. Limitaciones teóricas y excesos etnográficos

David Lagunas

The legacy of functionalism. Theoretical limitations and ethnographic excesses

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David Lagunas Departamento de Antropología Social. Facultad de Geografía e Historia. Universidad de Sevilla

Keywords:

Sociology, anthropology, functionalism, theory, ethnography

Abstract

In the history of anthropology the functionalist school and later structural-functionalist marks a milestone in the development of modern anthropology. Often it is obviated that the descriptive quality of functionalist monographs and other pioneering contributions which announcing later currents have been obscured by the criticism of weak functionalist theoretical apparatus, inspired by sociology and political theory. Since they do the struggle between theory and ethnographic knowledge, providing a surplus of ethnographic information that is not explained, we propose that the contributions of functionalist authors continue to influence, theoretical and methodological, social anthropology.

Author Biography

David Lagunas, Departamento de Antropología Social. Facultad de Geografía e Historia. Universidad de Sevilla

David Lagunas es profesor titular del departamento de Antropología Social de la Universidad de Sevilla. Ha desempeñado su labor docente e investigadora en la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, la Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia en México y la Texas University at Austin. Autor de más de un centenar de publicaciones, sus trabajos se enfocan al estudio de minorías étnicas en Iberoamérica (Gitanos, Tepehuas, Otomíes, libaneses), así como culturas del trabajo (mineros). Otra línea de su pensamiento ha sido la antropología del turismo. Actualmente su trabajo aborda cuestiones en torno a las ciencias cognitivas y la práctica cultural. Es miembro regular de la Academia Mexicana de Ciencias y de The European Academic Network on Romani Studies del Consejo de Europa.

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2016-05-01

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Lagunas, D. (2016). The legacy of functionalism. Theoretical limitations and ethnographic excesses. Spanish Journal of Sociology, 25(2). Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/res/article/view/65540

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Vol. 25 No. 2 (2016): Volumen 25, Número 2, Mayo 2016

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