Overview

The book addresses topical issues such as imperialism, war, decolonialism, and teaches about modern man. Eduards Volters' ethnography of Lithuania and Latvia is a new page in the history of European anthropology, interesting from a theoretical point of view. It retells the story of how an early activist ethnographer helped build a literary political community.

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""This book is an invaluable source of information on the rise of Lithuanian cultural sciences and their impact on the re-emergence of the Lithuanians as a nation in the 20th century."" - Anna Gomóla, University of Silesia in Katowice ""The book fills a notable gap in the history of European ethnology, ethnography, and anthropology by offering an in-depth, contextualized examination of Edgars Volters, an influential yet underexplored Latvian Lithuanian scholar who operated in the western borderlands of the Russian Empire."" - Tom Kencis, University of Latvia Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art

“This book is an invaluable source of information on the rise of Lithuanian cultural sciences and their impact on the re-emergence of the Lithuanians as a nation in the 20th century.“ • Anna Gomóła, University of Silesia in Katowice “The book fills a notable gap in the history of European ethnology, ethnography, and anthropology by offering an in-depth, contextualized examination of Edgars Volters, an influential yet underexplored Latvian Lithuanian scholar who operated in the western borderlands of the Russian Empire.” • Tom Kencis, University of Latvia Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art

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Vida Savoniakaite is Head of Department of Ethnology and Anthropology and Senior Research Fellow at the Lithuanian Institute of History. Recent publications include the edited volume on the history of anthropology, Lietuvos etnologija (2022).

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