ANTH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Franz Boas, Unilineal Evolution, Eric Wolf
20 Feb 2017
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Charles darwin (1809-1882: published origin of species, 1859. Cultural evolution: created by herbert spencer; initially best known for creating/developing/applying evolutionary theory to philosophy, psychology and the study of society (he called it synthetic philosophy; see his a system of. Attended oxford university (reader 1875 and professor 1896) Published researches in to the early history of mankind (1865) and. Ethnical stages (american: lewis henry morgan (1818-1851) Published league of the ho-de-no-sau-nee or iroquois (1851), systems of. Consanguinity, affinity of the human family (1870) and ancient society (1877) Ethnical stages: savagery, barbarianism, civilization is now replaced by. Foragers, horticulturalists, pastoralists but the uni-evolutionary tint remains. Published argonauts of the western pacific (1922), crime and custom in. 1947), and the sexual life of savages in. Posthumous works include the volumes of essays the dynamics of culture change (1945; ed. by p. m. Kaberry) and magic, science and religion (1948; introd. by robert. Boas and 20th century/ the north american perspective: franz boas (1858-1942)
