The western and non-western dichotomization of time in anthropology

Abstract Early anthropological analyses of time produced Western vs. non-Western dichotomies time. Later on, anthropology gradually shifted from a modernist to relativist and postmodernist tones in the This shift is result criticism on dichotomization within discipline that considered such as West-centric or ethno-centric. Additionally, it argued here anthropology’s interest studying social change, particularly globalization, has contributed this shift. article presents review selected literature discuss way was generated later faded away. It provides an insight into how related have changed throughout history discipline.