![]() OL21099613W Page_number_confidence 91.59 Pages 418 Pdf_module_version 0.0.18 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20220405204853 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 217 Scandate 20220404174253 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780803269842 Tts_version 4.The American anthropologist, Franz Boas, founded Boasian Anthropology: he introduced the idea that culture was what differed between races and ethnicities and, therefore, was what must be studied to understand humanity. Includes bibliographical references and indexĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:52:54 Associated-names Darnell, Regna, editor of compilation Autocrop_version 0.0.11_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA40426406 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]() Franz Boas as public intellectual : theory, ethnography, activism / edited by Regna Darnell, Michelle Hamilton, Robert L. "The introductory volume to the Franz Boas Papers: Documentary Edition, which examines Boas' stature as public intellectual in three crucial dimensions: theory, ethnography and activism". This volume demonstrates a contemporary urgency to reassessing Boas both within the field of anthropology and beyond. ![]() The volume's contributors move across many of the disciplines within which Boas himself worked, bringing to bear their expertise in Native studies, anthropology, history, linguistics, folklore, ethnomusicology, museum studies, comparative literature, English, film studies, philosophy, and journalism. ![]() The Franz Boas Papers, Volume 1 examines Boas's stature as a public intellectual in three crucial dimensions: theory, ethnography, and activism. He was a passionate defender of academic freedom, rigorous scholarship, and anthropology as a humane calling. In his later career, Boas moved beyond Native American studies to become a public intellectual and advocate for social justice, particularly with reference to racism against African Americans and Jews and discrimination against women in science. Few of Boas's intellectual progeny span the range of his disciplinary and public engagements. "This inaugural volume of The Franz Boas Papers Documentary Edition series presents current scholarship from the various academic disciplines that were shaped and continue to be influenced by Franz Boas (1858-1942).
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