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Item Details
Title:
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ANTHROPOLOGY AND MODERN LIFE
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By: |
Franz Boas |
Format: |
Hardback |
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£125.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0415746256 |
ISBN 13: |
9780415746250 |
Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
Pub. date: |
7 November, 2013 |
Series: |
Routledge Revivals |
Pages: |
246 |
Description: |
This work discusses the problem of defining race, the subjective view of racial types, heredity versus environment, alleged physiological & mental differences between races, the significance of intelligence tests, the importance of one's cultural experience, & open versus closed societies. |
Synopsis: |
Anthropology and Modern Life, first published in 1929, addresses itself to an immensely broad field with clarity, introducing anthropology as a unique and coherent discipline, and demonstrating its importance in the understanding of socio-cultural change throughout history. The author covers varied and diverse areas of study: ethnicity, including a lengthy discussion of the concepts of 'race' and 'nationality'; criminology, and the importance of hereditary and environmental factors in producing criminals; education, and the associated issues of gender, class, and what would now be called 'brainwashing'; and also the comparison between 'modern' and 'primitive' cultures, taking note of the development of socio-political institutions such as marriage and property. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Routledge |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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