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Indigenous Visions: Rediscovering the World of Franz Boas (The Henry Roe Cloud Series on American Indians and Modernity) by Ned Blackhawk; Isaiah Lorado Wilner is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

<DIV><B>A compelling study that charts the influence of Indigenous thinkers on Franz Boas, the founder of modern anthropology</B><BR /><BR /> In 1911, the publication of Franz Boas’s <I>The Mind of Primitive Man</I> challenged widely held claims about race and intelligence that justified violence and inequality. Now, a group of leading scholars examines how this groundbreaking work hinged on relationships with a global circle of Indigenous thinkers who used Boasian anthropology as a medium for their ideas. Contributors also examine how Boasian thought intersected with the work of major modernist figures, demonstrating how ideas of diversity and identity sprang from colonization and empire.</DIV>

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Ned Blackhawk; Isaiah Lorado Wilner
Publisher
Yale University Press
Published
2018
Language
EN
ISBN
9780300196511
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Anthropology, History, Sociology