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Abstract In this brief note, we stand out a possible application of the historical anthropology notion of assimilation to history, with a particular attention to some decolonization aspects and other socio-anthropological phenomena.

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  • In this brief note, we stand out a possible application of the historical anthropology notion of assimilation to history, with a particular attention to some decolonization aspects and other socio-anthropological phenomena

  • BHistorically, the term acculturation referred to the unilateral influence of western cultural patterns on the so-called primitive populations most of which were subject to colonization phenomena by western civility, which was considered higher with respect to those of primitive peoples

  • The term refers to those complex mechanisms of socio-cultural contact with which a certain social group assimilates, or is undergone to, the cultural elements of another social group

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We stand out a possible application of the historical anthropology notion of assimilation to history, with a particular attention to some decolonization aspects and other socio-anthropological phenomena. BHistorically, the term acculturation referred to the unilateral influence of western cultural patterns on the so-called primitive populations most of which were subject to colonization phenomena by western civility, which was considered higher with respect to those of primitive peoples (ethnocentrism).

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