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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460937503321

Autore

Vermeulen Han F. <1952->

Titolo

Before Boas : the genesis of ethnography and ethnology in the German Enlightenment / / Han F. Vermeulen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-8032-7740-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (747 p.)

Collana

Critical studies in the history of anthropology

Disciplina

306.0943/09033

Soggetti

Ethnology - Germany - History - 18th century

Anthropology - Germany - History - 18th century

Enlightenment - Germany

Ethnology - Philosophy

Ethnology - Europe - History

Ethnology - Russia - History

Electronic books.

Germany Intellectual life 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--