<scp>B</scp> oas, <scp>F</scp> ranz

• Main Author: Bauer, J. Edgar
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Benedict; Pacific; First Nations; inuit
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118430873.est0034; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2F9781118430873.est0034; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9781118430873.est0034

Generally regarded as the founder of American anthropology, Franz Boas (1858–1942) was an advocator of cultural relativism, the understanding of cultures as “individual phenomena,” and the de‐hierarchization of races. Among his most significant publications are The Mind of Primitive Man (1965/1911) and Race, Language and Culture (1966/1940), a selection of essays and studies covering the period between 1887 and 1939. A leading expert in the culture and language of the Inuit as well as of the First Nations of the Pacific Northwest, Boas attained a commanding influence within the emerging discipline of anthropology through his numerous scholarly contributions and the network of his students and associates, including Ruth Benedict, Melville Herskovits, Zora Neale Hurston, Margaret Mead, and Edward Sapir.