Franco
December 28th, 2003, 06:48 PM
12-28-03
Jews and Boasian Anthropology
Good information below about Jewish involvement in anthropology from an anthropologist [sorry, it is a .pdf file]. This item originally appeared in American Anthropologist magazine in 1997.
We say that Jewish involvement in the field of anthropology is very significant to Western culture, as that science influenced people's attitudes about race/racial issues. Indeed, those of you who follow racial issues know that Jewish anthropologist Franz Boas was the godfather of the idea of "there are hardly any differences between the human races," which was a radical concept in those early days.
Here is that .pdf file:
http://0-departments.oxy.edu.oasys.lib.oxy.edu/library-reserve-courses/tobin/jew.pdf [takes a couple of minutes to open]
Jews and Boasian Anthropology
Good information below about Jewish involvement in anthropology from an anthropologist [sorry, it is a .pdf file]. This item originally appeared in American Anthropologist magazine in 1997.
We say that Jewish involvement in the field of anthropology is very significant to Western culture, as that science influenced people's attitudes about race/racial issues. Indeed, those of you who follow racial issues know that Jewish anthropologist Franz Boas was the godfather of the idea of "there are hardly any differences between the human races," which was a radical concept in those early days.
Here is that .pdf file:
http://0-departments.oxy.edu.oasys.lib.oxy.edu/library-reserve-courses/tobin/jew.pdf [takes a couple of minutes to open]