Before Boas : the genesis of ethnography and ethnology in the German Enlightenment /
Vermeulen, Han F., 1952-
Before Boas : the genesis of ethnography and ethnology in the German Enlightenment / Han F. Vermeulen. - 1 online resource (747 pages) : illustrations, portraits. - Critical studies in the history of anthropology . - Critical studies in the history of anthropology. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. Muller 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. Schlozer and the German Invention of Volkerkunde -- 7. Anthropology in the German Enlightenment : Plural Approaches to Human Diversity -- 8. Epilogue: Reception of the German Ethnographic Tradition.
"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"--
9780803277397 9780803277403
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 --Influence.
Ethnology--History--Germany--18th century.
Anthropology--History--Germany--18th century.
Enlightenment--Germany.
Ethnology--Philosophy.
Ethnology--History.--Europe
Ethnology--History.--Russia
Germany--Intellectual life--18th century.
Electronic books.
GN308.3.G3 / V37 2015
306.0943/09033
Before Boas : the genesis of ethnography and ethnology in the German Enlightenment / Han F. Vermeulen. - 1 online resource (747 pages) : illustrations, portraits. - Critical studies in the history of anthropology . - Critical studies in the history of anthropology. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. Muller 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. Schlozer and the German Invention of Volkerkunde -- 7. Anthropology in the German Enlightenment : Plural Approaches to Human Diversity -- 8. Epilogue: Reception of the German Ethnographic Tradition.
"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"--
9780803277397 9780803277403
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 --Influence.
Ethnology--History--Germany--18th century.
Anthropology--History--Germany--18th century.
Enlightenment--Germany.
Ethnology--Philosophy.
Ethnology--History.--Europe
Ethnology--History.--Russia
Germany--Intellectual life--18th century.
Electronic books.
GN308.3.G3 / V37 2015
306.0943/09033