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==Major discussions about Anthropology==
==Major discussions about Anthropology==
===The focus on the "Other"===
===The focus on the "Other"===
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It is often argued that Anthropology originated and developed as the study of the "Other", both in terms of time (past societies) and space (non-European/non-[[Western world|Western]] societies). However there exist many works focusing on peoples and topics very close to the author's "home".<ref name="Lewis" /> It is also argued that other fields of study, like [[History]] and [[Sociology]], on the contrary focus disproportionately on the West.<ref>[[Jack Goody]] (2007) ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=jo1UVi48KywC The Theft of History]'' Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521870690</ref>
It is often argued that Anthropology originated and developed as the study of the "Other", both in terms of time (past societies) and space (non-European/non-[[Western world|Western]] societies). However there exist many works focusing on peoples and topics very close to the author's "home".<ref name="Lewis" /> It is also argued that other fields of study, like [[History]] and [[Sociology]], on the contrary focus disproportionately on the West.<ref>[[Jack Goody]] (2007) ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=jo1UVi48KywC The Theft of History]'' Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521870690</ref>