Personally, I have not read Kossinna but a perusal of secondary
literature makes it appear that Kossinna might not have been all that
innocent (though we know that he died before the rise of Nazism). For
instance, -
DIAZ-ANDREU Margarita . 1996. Constructing Identities Through
Culture. Pp. 48-61 in GAMBLE Clive, GRAVES-BROWN Paul and JONES Sian.
1996. Cultural Identity and Archaeology – The Construction of
European Communities. Routeledge: London/New York
Page 56: "Kossinna is perhaps the clearest example of the use of the
culture concept in the pursuit of political interests. The distinctly
conservative and even racist implications of Kossinna's concept of
culture when used in relation to Germany were evident in his popular
book Die Deutsche Vorgeschichte. Eine hervorragend nationale
Wissenschaft [German Prehistory, a Pre-Eminently National Discipline]
(kossinna 1914). Hitler's rise to power led to the development of
Kossinna's ideas and the blatant exploitation of archaeology for
nationalist purposesÂ…"
Regards
Vishal
--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> Grimm's romantic fantasies were later corrected by the
Neogrammarians, most of whom were also Germans (and I personally
don't blame Grassmann, Sievers or Brugmann for the rise of Nazism --
they were extremely clear-headed scholars). Whatever the Nazis made
of Kossina's work