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Record Nr.

UNINA9910133523103321

Autore

Stoczkowski Wiktor

Titolo

Anthropologie naïve, anthropologie savante : de l'origine de l'homme, de l'imagination et des idées reçues / / Wiktor Stoczkowski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

CNRS Éditions, 2001

France : , : CNRS éditions, , 2001

ISBN

9782271078551

9782271051592

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Anthropologie

Soggetti

Anthropology

Social Sciences

Anthropology - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Two centuries ago, naturalists seized on the question of the origin of man, to which only myths had provided answers until then. But has science, after rejecting the traditional mythical stories, really succeeded in freeing itself from their influence? Through an analysis of key concepts of anthropogenèse proposed between early nineteenth century and today, Wiktor Stoczkowski shows that scientific work, like school textbooks or popular works, still perpetuates the fabric of secular beliefs today. If science often joins common thought in its conclusions, it is because both remain dependent on an ancient imagination in which a whole naive anthropology is reflected: our simplistic way of explaining the biological evolution of Man, the mechanisms of Culture and the transformations of human society throughout history.