''Dialectical Anthropology'' is a

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anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavi ...

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. It was established in 1975 by

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). In its first decade the journal oriented towards post-

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radicalism. Following Diamond's death in 1991, Donald Nonini took the role of acting

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for two years. In 1993 Diamond's widow, Marie Josephine Diamond became editor-in-chief. In 2001 she was succeeded by Sabine Jell-Bahlsen and Wolf-Dieter Narr. In 2008, Anthony Marcus and

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(

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) became editors-in-chief. In 2010 the journal added a third editor-in-chief, Ananthakrishnan Aiyer (

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), who remained until he died in 2015. In 2013, Dombrowski was succeeded by Winnie Lem (

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