The Mind of Primitive Man (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Franz Boas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 144008730X ISBN 13 : 9781440087301

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore how race, language, and culture intersect across humanity and why simple ideas of superiority miss the mark.

A provocative overview that asks big questions about what makes people different or alike. It argues that physical type and cultural life do not always move together and that environment and history shape minds as strongly as biology.

The book surveys how past classifications of mankind mixed anatomy, language, and culture and often produced conflicting results. It points out that people can adopt new languages and ways of life without changing their bodily type, and that blood is not a fixed predictor of civilization.

• Learn how classifications varied across time and culture
• See examples of language and cultural change without major changes in physical type
• Explore cases like the North American Negro, the Alpine type, the Vedda of Ceylon, the Japanese and Ainu, and the Yukaghir
• Consider the role of environment, upbringing, and tradition in shaping human behavior

Ideal for readers seeking a careful, cross-cultural look at race and culture and a reminder that human differences are complex and fluid.
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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Some of these, in revised form and enlarged, are embodied in the present volume: Human Faculty as determined by Race {P roceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, vol. xliii [1894], pp. 301-327). The Limitations of the Comparative Method of Anthropology (S cience, N. S., vol. iv [1896], pp. 901-908). The Mind of Primitive Man (J ournal of American FolkL ore, vol. xiv [1901], pp. i-ii). Some Traits of Primitive Culture (I bid., vol. xvii [1904], pp. 243-254). Race Problems in America {S cience, N. S., vol. xxix [1909], pp. 839-849). Psychological Problems in Anthropology (A merican Journal of Psychology, vol. xxi [1910], pp. 371-384).
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Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Franz Boas (July 9, 1858 – December 21, 1942) was a German American anthropologist and a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology". Like many such pioneers, he trained in other disciplines; he received his doctorate in physics, and did post-doctoral work in geography. He is famed for applying the scientific method to the study of human cultures and societies, a field, which was previously based on the formulation of grand theories around anecdotal knowledge.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 144008730X
• ISBN 13: 9781440087301
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 297
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