Yulian Bromley
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Yulian Bromley was a Russian anthropologist
who gained international recognition.
Bromley was a specialist in South Slavs
. He was appointed Director of the Institute of Ethnography
at the Soviet Academy of Sciences
in 1966, a post he held until 1989. He wrote more than 300 texts although he did not engage in fieldwork himself.
Ernest Gellner
described him as leading a minor revolution in anthropology, which consisted of turning ethnography
into the study of ethnos-es, often referred to as ethnicity by western anthropologists
Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...
who gained international recognition.
Bromley was a specialist in South Slavs
South Slavs
The South Slavs are the southern branch of the Slavic peoples and speak South Slavic languages. Geographically, the South Slavs are native to the Balkan peninsula, the southern Pannonian Plain and the eastern Alps...
. He was appointed Director of the Institute of Ethnography
Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography
The Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography or N.N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology is a Russian institute of research, specializing in ethnographic studies of cultural and physical anthropology...
at the Soviet Academy of Sciences
Russian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia and a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation as well as auxiliary scientific and social units like libraries, publishers and hospitals....
in 1966, a post he held until 1989. He wrote more than 300 texts although he did not engage in fieldwork himself.
Ernest Gellner
Ernest Gellner
Ernest André Gellner was a philosopher and social anthropologist, described by The Daily Telegraph when he died as one of the world's most vigorous intellectuals and by The Independent as a "one-man crusade for critical rationalism."His first book, Words and Things —famously, and uniquely...
described him as leading a minor revolution in anthropology, which consisted of turning ethnography
Ethnography
Ethnography is a qualitative method aimed to learn and understand cultural phenomena which reflect the knowledge and system of meanings guiding the life of a cultural group...
into the study of ethnos-es, often referred to as ethnicity by western anthropologists