Anthropology and antihumanism in Imperial Germany /
With the rise of imperialism, the centuries-old European tradition of humanist scholarship as the key to understanding the world was jeopardized. Nowhere was this more true than in nineteenth-century Germany. It was there, Andrew Zimmerman argues, that the battle lines of today's "culture...
| Основен автор: | Zimmerman, Andrew. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
℗♭2001.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=312273 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Anthropology and antihumanism in Imperial Germany. |
| Резюме: |
With the rise of imperialism, the centuries-old European tradition of humanist scholarship as the key to understanding the world was jeopardized. Nowhere was this more true than in nineteenth-century Germany. It was there, Andrew Zimmerman argues, that the battle lines of today's "culture wars" were first drawn when anthropology challenged humanism as a basis for human scientific knowledge. Drawing on sources ranging from scientific papers and government correspondence to photographs, pamphlets, and police reports of "freak shows," Zimmerman demonstrates how German imperiali. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (ix, 364 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-356) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780226983462 0226983463 |