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Max Gluckman
(26 Jan 1911 - 13 Apr 1975)
South African social anthropologist.
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Science Quotes by Max Gluckman (3 quotes)
A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the genius of the last generation.
— Max Gluckman
In Politics, Law and Ritual in Tribal Society (1965), 32.
Each later worker builds on the conclusions of his predecessors: anthropological knowledge is cumulative. Hence anthropology is a science, not an art.
— Max Gluckman
From 'Introduction', Politics, Law and Ritual in Tribal Society (1965), xxiv.
Science is cumulative. The apprentice in this generation can outdo his master of the last. Art is not cumulative, however much study of past masters may improve the novice’s skill. A relatively poorly equipped anthropologist in intellectual terms can on the basis of sound training produce good work.
— Max Gluckman
In Politics, Law and Ritual in Tribal Society (1965), 303.
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- 26 Jan - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Gluckman's birth.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
