Franz Boas: shaping anthropology and fostering social justice /

"Franz Boas defined the concept of cultural relativism and reoriented the humanities and social sciences away from race science toward an antiracist and anticolonialist understanding of human biology and culture. Franz Boas: Shaping Anthropology and Fostering Social Justice is the second volume...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Zumwalt, Rosemary Lévy, 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
Series:Critical studies in the history of anthropology.
Subjects:
Boas, Franz, > 1858-1942.
Boas, Franz, > 1858-1942
1900-1999
Cultural relativism.
Anti-racism > United States > History > 20th century.
Anthropology > United States > History > 20th century.
Anthropologists > Germany > Biography.
Anthropologists > United States > Biography.
Anthropologues > États-Unis > Biographies.
Anthropologues > Allemagne > Biographies.
Anthropologie > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Antiracisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Relativisme culturel.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
Cultural relativism
Anti-racism
Anthropology
Anthropologists
United States
Germany
History
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Building the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University
  • 2. Franz Boas and his early students, 1901-1915
  • 3. Race and the quest for social justice
  • 4. Folklore and ruins in Mexico and Puerto Rico
  • 5. Conflict, war, and censure
  • 6. Preponderance of women students
  • 7. Loss and loneliness
  • 8. The last cohort of Boas's students
  • 9. Rescuing scientists
  • 10. After retirement
  • Appendix: Tribal and historical designations.

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