ISBN:
9780271096865
Language:
English
Pages:
257 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
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24 cm
Series Statement:
The Max Kade Research Institute series : Germans beyond Europe
Keywords:
Rassismus
;
Aufklärung
;
Kolonialismus
;
Anthropologie
;
Ethnologie
;
Kultur
;
Anthropology / History / 18th century
;
Enlightenment
;
Imperialism and science / History / 18th century
;
Racism in anthropology / History / 18th century
;
Anthropologie / Histoire / 18e siècle
;
Siècle des Lumières
;
Impérialisme et sciences / Histoire / 18e siècle
;
Racisme en anthropologie / Histoire / 18e siècle
;
Enlightenment (18th-century western movement)
;
Anthropology
;
Enlightenment
;
Imperialism and science
;
Racism in anthropology
;
1700-1799
;
History
;
Aufklärung
;
Anthropologie
;
Rassismus
;
Kolonialismus
;
Kultur
;
Ethnologie
Abstract:
"Explores the origins of modern anthropology in the European Enlightenment, and how it was intertwined with a complex history of colonialism and racism"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction : what is Enlightenment anthropology? -- The emerging anthropological paradigm : Buffon contra Linnaeus -- Ape, man, and the origins of humankind -- Colonialism and the politics of Enlightenment anthropology : De Pauw, Raynal, and Diderot -- Race : an Enlightenment problem -- Culture : herder reads Enlightenment anthropology
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