Before Boas : The Genesis of Ethnography and Ethnology in the German Enlightenment /

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"An extensive study of the emergence of ethnology and ethnography, and how theories in Europe and Russia during the eighteenth century experienced a paradigm shift with the work of Franz Boas starting in 1886"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vermeulen, Han F., 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Boas, Franz, > 1858-1942.
Boas, Franz, > 1858-1942 > Influence.
Intellectual life.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Ethnology > Philosophy.
Ethnology.
Enlightenment.
Anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
HISTORY > World.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Ethnologie > Russie > Histoire.
Ethnologie > Europe > Histoire.
Ethnologie > Philosophie.
Siecle des Lumieres > Allemagne.
Anthropologie > Allemagne > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Ethnologie > Allemagne > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Ethnology > Russia > History.
Ethnology > Europe > History.
Enlightenment > Germany.
Anthropology > Germany > History > 18th century.
Ethnology > Germany > History > 18th century.
Russia.
Germany.
Europe.
Allemagne > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siecle.
Germany > Intellectual life > 18th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. History and Theory of Anthropology and Ethnology : Introduction
  • 2. Theory and Practice : G.W. Leibniz and the Advancement of Science in Russia
  • 3. Enlightenment and Pietism : D.G. Messerschmidt and the Early Exploration of Siberia
  • 4. Ethnography and Empire : G.F. Müller and the Description of Siberian Peoples
  • 5. Anthropology and the Orient : C. Niebuhr and the Danish-German Arabia Expedition
  • 6. From the Field to the Study : A.L. Schlözer and the German Invention of Völkerkunde
  • 7. Anthropology in the German Enlightenment : Plural Approaches to Human Diversity
  • 8. Epilogue: Reception of the German Ethnographic Tradition.

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