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

• Autore: Vermeulen Han F. <1952->
• Pubblicazione: Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (747 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.0943/09033
• Soggetto topico: Ethnology - Germany - History - 18th century; Anthropology - Germany - History - 18th century; Enlightenment - Germany; Ethnology - Philosophy; Ethnology - Europe - History; Ethnology - Russia - History
• Soggetto geografico: Germany Intellectual life 18th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Before Boas
• ISBN: 0-8032-7740-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460937503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Critical studies in the history of anthropology.