The Mind of Primitive Man (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

This landmark collection of lectures reflect Franz Boas’s theories that previous studies of societies—based on criteria of Western observers—were largely subjective; each society and culture is the result of unique historical developments. He also believed there was no such thing as a “pure” race or a superior one.

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The Mind of Primitive Man (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

This landmark collection of lectures reflect Franz Boas’s theories that previous studies of societies—based on criteria of Western observers—were largely subjective; each society and culture is the result of unique historical developments. He also believed there was no such thing as a “pure” race or a superior one.

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The Mind of Primitive Man (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

The Mind of Primitive Man (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Franz Boas
The Mind of Primitive Man (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

The Mind of Primitive Man (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Franz Boas

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This landmark collection of lectures reflect Franz Boas’s theories that previous studies of societies—based on criteria of Western observers—were largely subjective; each society and culture is the result of unique historical developments. He also believed there was no such thing as a “pure” race or a superior one.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781411448483
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Publication date: 04/05/2011
Series: Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format: eBook
Pages: 315
File size: 345 KB
Age Range: 3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Franz Boas (1858–1942) was a German-born anthropologist. Among the first to distinguish the basic elements of modern anthropology, Boas focused particularly on the linguistic and cultural components of ethnology. He pursued breakthrough fieldwork on Baffin Island, studying the Inuit.

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