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The Philosophical Roots of Anthropology
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The Philosophical Roots of Anthropology Hardcover - 1998

by William Y. Adams


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Few anthropologists have made any attempts to explore their own discipline's prehistory or to have realized its importance. William Adams attempts to rectify this myopic self-awareness by applying anthropology's own tools to itself while uncovering the discipline's debt to earlier thinkers. Adams recognizes that many ideas which were anticipated in antiquity have had a lasting influence on anthropological models in particular. Adams has chosen five philosophical currents whose influences have been, and continue to be, very widespread, particularly in North American anthropology: progressivism, primitivism, natural law, German idealism, and 'Indianology'. This work serves as the basis for the explanation of the true historical and philosophical underpinnings of anthropology and its goals.

Details

  • Title The Philosophical Roots of Anthropology
  • Author William Y. Adams
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 480
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Center for the Study of Language and Informat
  • Date 1998-06
  • ISBN 9781575861296 / 1575861291
  • Weight 1.78 lbs (0.81 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.26 x 6.28 x 1.26 in (23.52 x 15.95 x 3.20 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-26003
  • Dewey Decimal Code 301.01