Abstract
How to find out what is the contemporary Anglo-Saxon anthropology about? This task seems to be rather difficult seen from the Czech perspective. But why, where does the chasm lies? Is there any reason to publish in Czech language at all? My work offers, as the possible comprehensive solution, the categories of progressive and eccentric sciences.
Progressive science is characterized by language unity, immense publication stress, vast network of scientists who are focused on one present issue and solving existing problems and unambiguous theoretical trajectory. Eccentric science often deals with marginal issues out of main focus, only few scientists may be involved.
Compared to the first category it is much more grounded in common human knowledge. In this paper I would like to apply theory of progressive and eccentric sciences to the Czech ethnology (anthropology) and to indicate possibilities of both above mentioned directions.