Na encruzilhada portuguesa: a antropologia contemporânea e a sua história.

In this article, we suggest a reading of the formation of Anthropology in Portugal that considers that "nation-building" and "empire-building" were never very far from each other and tended to fade into one another, in fact, from a broader perspective, we see Anthropology in Portugal as part of what might be called a "fifth tradition" - that is, one that places itself beyond the four main imperial traditions of Anthropology' (German, French, British and American). In this sense, their non-hegemonic cosmopolitanism places Portuguese social scientists in a position that is akin to that of the Japanese, the Indians or the Brazilians. In particular, Portugal's place at a crossroads of the Euro-American routes of intellectual exchange and the South Atlantic routes has recently reaffirmed itself as an important mark in the way Portuguese social sciences intervene in the global scientific debate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]