The Reinvention of Humanity: A Story of Race, Sex, Gender and the Discovery of Culture
This chapter details Charles King's new book The Reinvention of Humanity: A Story of Race, Sex, Gender and the Discovery of Culture . The book focuses on Franz Boas, who invented modern anthropology. After living with Inuits and depending on them for survival, even though the West deemed them a...
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cryaleupr:10.12987/yale/9780300266689.003.0044 2024-06-02T08:09:34+00:00 The Reinvention of Humanity: A Story of Race, Sex, Gender and the Discovery of Culture Charles King, 2019 Carey, John 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300266689.003.0044 unknown Yale University Press Sunday Best page 161-164 ISBN 9780300266689 9780300268461 book-chapter 2022 cryaleupr https://doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300266689.003.0044 2024-05-07T14:19:55Z This chapter details Charles King's new book The Reinvention of Humanity: A Story of Race, Sex, Gender and the Discovery of Culture . The book focuses on Franz Boas, who invented modern anthropology. After living with Inuits and depending on them for survival, even though the West deemed them as savages, Boas figured that categories like races and gender are artificial constructs. Moreover, Boas' groups figured the weakness of anthropology for depending on hearsay instead of science. The chapter considers the notion of cultural relativism by referencing how its tolerance enraged conservatives. It also mentions how far Nazi racist theories originated in America. Book Part inuits Yale University Press 161 164 |
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This chapter details Charles King's new book The Reinvention of Humanity: A Story of Race, Sex, Gender and the Discovery of Culture . The book focuses on Franz Boas, who invented modern anthropology. After living with Inuits and depending on them for survival, even though the West deemed them as savages, Boas figured that categories like races and gender are artificial constructs. Moreover, Boas' groups figured the weakness of anthropology for depending on hearsay instead of science. The chapter considers the notion of cultural relativism by referencing how its tolerance enraged conservatives. It also mentions how far Nazi racist theories originated in America. |
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