About this nonfiction
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>
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
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