Anthropos (journal)

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Anthropos
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Anthropos is a biannual multilingual

peer-reviewed academic journal covering anthropology, ethnology, and linguistics research. It was established in 1906 by Wilhelm Schmidt.[2]

Originally intended to publish research by

Catholic missionaries, the journal quickly became one of the most influential publications in the fields of ethnology and anthropology, while maintaining its religious study origins. In 1931 Schmidt, Martin Gusinde, Paul Schebesta [de], and Wilhelm Koppers founded the Anthropos Institute, which became the journal's publisher.[2]

History

When Schmidt got the first issue of Anthropos out in February 1906 (then at

anti-clerical figure as the French ethnographer Arnold van Gennep. Van Gennep confirmed his initial opinion a year later, stating that the four issues printed so far "place this journal among the ethnographic publications of the first rank".[3]

The initial name of the publication was Anthropos - Internationale Zeitschrift für Völker- und Sprachenkunde ("International Review of Ethnology and Linguistcs"), as suggested by Paul Huber (then owner of

Karl Muth; Schmidt himself considered Latin names like Omnes Gentes ("All Peoples").[1]

The first issue contained (on 163 pages[3]) articles in German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Latin; more languages were added later. However, in the beginning of the 21st century English predominates.[1]

Missionshaus St. Augustin, the current location of the Anthropos Institute

Schmidt always wanted to have an institution behind the journal. It took him 25 years to create the

Posieux in Switzerland (for more than 60 years the printing continued to be done in Swiss Fribourg, even after the move of editorial staff to Germany).[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Quack 2006, p. 4.
  2. ^ a b Anthropos (journal) in the Great Russian Encyclopedia (in Russian)
  3. ^ a b Quack 2006, p. 3.
  4. ^ Quack 2006, p. 5.

Sources

  • Quack, Anton (2006). "100 Years of "Anthropos"". Anthropos. 101 (1). Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH: 3–7.
    JSTOR 40466616
    .
  • Piwowarczyk, Darius J. (2021). "Anthropos ‒ A Journal that Introduced a Missionary Order into the Curious World of Academia". Giants’ Footprints. Academia – ein Verlag in der Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. pp. 81–118.
    doi:10.5771/9783985720156-81
    .
  • Fisher, D.; Price, S.; Hanstock, T. (2018). Information Sources in the Social Sciences. Guides to Information Sources. De Gruyter.
    ISBN 978-3-11-094932-2
    . Retrieved 2023-11-02.
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