Anthropology Tradition is one of the key concepts in anthropology; it can be said that anthropology is the study of "tradition in traditional societies". There is however no "theory of tradition", as for most anthropologists the need to discuss what tradition is seems unnecessary, as defining tradition is both unnecessary (everyone can be expected to know what it is) and unimportant (as small differences in definition would be just technical). There are however dissenting views; scholars such as Pascal Boyer argue that defining tradition and developing theories about it are important to the discipline.
Anthropology Tradition is one of the key concepts in anthropology; it can be said that anthropology is the study of "tradition in traditional societies" There is however no "theory of tradition" as for most anthropologists the need to discuss what tradition is seems unnecessary as defining tradition is both unnecessary (everyone can be expected to know what it is) and unimportant (as small differences in definition would be just technical) There are however dissenting views; scholars such as Pascal Boyer argue that defining tradition and developing theories about it are important to the discipline