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2012, No. 2 (3), Readings of the Past
Jarema Drozdowicz
A Triumph of Nature over Culture? Franz Boas and His ‘The Mind of Primitive Man’ in a Historical Perspective (F. Boas, ‘The Mind of Primitive Man’)
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Keywords: primary mind, primitive society, cultural anthropology.
Abstract: A review of Franz Boas' book pt. Umysł człowieka pierwotnego, Wydawnictwo Nomos, Kraków, 2010.
About Author:
JAREMA DROZDOWICZ - ethnologist; Faculty of Educational Studies at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznan.
References
Boas F. 2010. Umysł człowieka pierwotnego. przeł. M. Pawelczuk. Kraków.
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Boas F. 2004. Scientists as spies. W Anthropologists in the Public Sphere. Speaking out on War, Peace, and American Power. Red. R. J. González. Austin.
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