Talking with ethnographers. Tishkov V.

The texts of the conversations of the academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences V.A. Tishkova with outstanding domestic ethnologists. Interlocutors V.A. Tishkova are scientists with world recognition, whose whole life was devoted to the service of science. Talking with representatives of the older generation, personifying Soviet ethnographic science, reveal the dramatic pages of the country's life, the fate of scientists against the background of the events of the twentieth century. The context of the formation of significant scientific theories in ethnography and anthropology, the development of theoretical thought and academic life in the conditions of dominance of Marxist philosophy and party communist ideology is shown. Of great interest are the information and assessments of the activities of influential academic figures and scientific discussions of the Soviet era.

The new edition is complemented by the interview with V.A. Tishkov on urgent problems of modern humanitarian science. The publication is addressed to everyone who is interested in issues of the history of ethnology and anthropology, students and university teachers.