Two Meanings and Uses of Tradition

Abstract

This article reviews two meanings and uses of tradition: as a passive analytic construct in the theoretical literature of anthropology, and as an active indigenous force, recorded in the ethnographic literature. Directions are suggested for further study of the active uses of tradition.

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