Antropologia i historia

This article attempts to examine the relationship between history and anthropology, viewed from the anthropological perspective. It defines the conditions governing the development of historical anthropology in Poland, locating them in their philosophical and methodological background. Consequently, it also shows the way in which every historical examination has its anthropological counterpart. Every historical document is a subject to interpretation, is not “neutral”, the researcher always makes a subjective interpretation. In this area historical anthropology proposed a new language (hermeneutics), criticism and the regard of cultural practice.