Franz Boas and Unilineal Evolution

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February 20, 2015

 

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(Moore 1996) He claimed the "primal" or "civilized" theory was untrue, showing that primitive cultures have the same amount of history and were just as developed as the proposed civilized societies. He considered the research done by these previous anthropologists ethnocentric and therefore non-scientific...
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He considered the research done by these previous anthropologists ethnocentric and therefore non-scientific. Through participant observation Franz Boas developed the theory of Historical Particularism. Under this assumption Boaz said that each culture has their own distinctive, historical, growth process and this can only be comprehendible by its particular societal context...
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