Ladislav Holý

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Ladislav Holý (1933–1997) was a Czech anthropologist and Africanist of the British school of social anthropology. He combined interpretative approach with methodological individualism, most notably in the Actions, Norms and Representations, co-written with Milan Stuchlik.

Early life

Holý studied

, with whom he was later to publish several books.

Work & thought

In the 1960s he was very much influenced by the British school of social anthropology, notably structural functionalism. Along with Milan Stuchlík, they published a book called Social Stratification in Tribal Africa (1968), which gained much interest in the West as it was based on ideas opposing the current trend of Marxist anthropology. During the 1960s, he visited Sudan several times and as a result published Neighbours and Kinsmen in 1973, which defined his lifelong interest in the study of kinship.

Between the years 1968 and 1972, he embarked on field-trips to the

practice, as distinct from the more commonly known Arabic practice.

Notes

External links

• Britské listy: Zemřel antropolog Ladislav Holý, autor studie Malý český člověk a velký český národ (1996)
• Ladislav Holy (website)
• Ladislav Holy - publications
• Ladislav Holy - key quotes
• 'Ladislav Holy and Ernest Gellner' (journal article)