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keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
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Franz Boas (1858-1942) is widely regarded as the founder of
American anthropology. He influenced an astonishing variety of
scholars and researchers, from the anthropologists Margaret Mead
and Ruth Benedict, to the philosopher W. E. B. DuBois, and novelist
Zora Neale Hurston. Towards the end of his life he also lectured
widely in an attempt to educate the public on the dangers of Nazi
ideology. Anthropology and Modern Life demonstrates the incredibly
rich and fertile range of Boas's thought, engaging with
controversies that resonate loudly today: the problem of race and
racial types; heredity versus environment; the significance of
intelligence tests; open versus closed societies; the 'nature
versus nurture debate'; and nationality and nationalism. Believing
passionately that science should be used to break down racial and
cultural barriers, from the book's very opening Boas shatters the
myth that anthropology is simply a collection of 'curious facts
about exotic peoples'. Thanks to Boas's influence, anthropologists
and other social scientists began to see that differences among the
races resulted not from physiological factors, but from historical
events and circumstances, and that race itself was a cultural
construct. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword
by Regna Darnell and an Introduction and Afterword by Herbert S.
Lewis, who details Franz Boas's life, influence, and ideals. "In
writing the present book I desired to show that some of the most
firmly rooted opinions of our times appear from a wider point of
view as prejudices, and that a knowledge of anthropology enables us
to look with greater freedom at the problems confronting our
civilization." - Franz Boas, Anthropology and Modern Life
Franz Boas (1858-1942) is widely regarded as the founder of
American anthropology. He influenced an astonishing variety of
scholars and researchers, from the anthropologists Margaret Mead
and Ruth Benedict, to the philosopher W. E. B. DuBois, and novelist
Zora Neale Hurston. Towards the end of his life he also lectured
widely in an attempt to educate the public on the dangers of Nazi
ideology. Anthropology and Modern Life demonstrates the incredibly
rich and fertile range of Boas's thought, engaging with
controversies that resonate loudly today: the problem of race and
racial types; heredity versus environment; the significance of
intelligence tests; open versus closed societies; the 'nature
versus nurture debate'; and nationality and nationalism. Believing
passionately that science should be used to break down racial and
cultural barriers, from the book's very opening Boas shatters the
myth that anthropology is simply a collection of 'curious facts
about exotic peoples'. Thanks to Boas's influence, anthropologists
and other social scientists began to see that differences among the
races resulted not from physiological factors, but from historical
events and circumstances, and that race itself was a cultural
construct. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword
by Regna Darnell and an Introduction and Afterword by Herbert S.
Lewis, who details Franz Boas's life, influence, and ideals. "In
writing the present book I desired to show that some of the most
firmly rooted opinions of our times appear from a wider point of
view as prejudices, and that a knowledge of anthropology enables us
to look with greater freedom at the problems confronting our
civilization." - Franz Boas, Anthropology and Modern Life
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the
pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.
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