4. EP and Malinowski thought that much of history littered with these kind of outmoded ideas. so malonowski eculative in Most of the great ideas of the 19century were diachronic they were ideas about historical change that a long d of time 1. I.e. the Grimm Brothers made some important linguistic discoveries about how vowel s evolved through ii. But these studies did little to help us understand how languages work at one moment as systems, synchronic analysis iii. In response, many 20 century researchers started taking synchronic approaches to their work iv. EP I part of a more general trend toward synchronic analysis e. EP also didnt want to talk about colonialism, of which he is a participant i. Sent in by colonial authority to study the people they were colonIzing ii. His work was used by colonial authorities to deal with local peoples iii. Nonetheless, EP still had a subtle political message in his work subverting perceived ideas about"primitive" people and Africa4. EP and Malinowski thought that much of history was littered with these kind of outmoded ideas, so Malonowski especially, saw history as purely speculative in anthropology. d. Another explanation for neglect of history: i. Most of the great ideas of the 19th century were diachronic discoveries, meaning they were ideas about historical change that happened over a long period of time 1. I.e. the Grimm Brothers made some important linguistic discoveries about how vowel sounds evolved through languages. ii. But these studies did little to help us understand how languages work at one moment as systems, synchronic analysis iii. In response, many 20th century researchers started taking synchronic approaches to their work iv. EP I part of a more general trend toward synchronic analysis e. EP also didn’t want to talk about colonialism, of which he is a participant i. Sent in by colonial authority to study the people they were colonizing ii. His work was used by colonial authorities to deal with local peoples. iii. Nonetheless, EP still had a subtle political message in his work, subverting perceived ideas about “primitive” people and Africa: