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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vermeulen, Han F., 1952- author.

Series:

Critical studies in the history of anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.

Ethnology--Germany--History--18th century.

Ethnology.

Anthropology--Germany--History--18th century.

Anthropology.

Enlightenment--Germany.

Enlightenment.

History.

Germany.

Germany--Intellectual life--18th century.

Intellectual life.

Ethnology--Philosophy.

Ethnology--Europe--History.

Ethnology--Russia--History.

Boas, Franz, 1858-1942--Influence.

Boas, Franz.

Russia.

Europe.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 718 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2015]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780803255425

080325542X

OCLC:

894747582