Ebook353 pages8 hours
Anthropology and Antihumanism in Imperial Germany
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
()
About this ebook
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 imperialism opened the door to antihumanism. As Germans interacted more frequently with peoples and objects from far-flung cultures, they were forced to reevaluate not just those peoples, but also the construction of German identity itself. Anthropologists successfully argued that their discipline addressed these issues more productively—and more accessibly—than humanistic studies.
Scholars of anthropology, European and intellectual history, museum studies, the history of science, popular culture, and colonial studies will welcome this book.
Drawing on sources ranging from scientific papers and government correspondence to photographs, pamphlets, and police reports of "freak shows," Zimmerman demonstrates how German imperialism opened the door to antihumanism. As Germans interacted more frequently with peoples and objects from far-flung cultures, they were forced to reevaluate not just those peoples, but also the construction of German identity itself. Anthropologists successfully argued that their discipline addressed these issues more productively—and more accessibly—than humanistic studies.
Scholars of anthropology, European and intellectual history, museum studies, the history of science, popular culture, and colonial studies will welcome this book.
Related to Anthropology and Antihumanism in Imperial Germany
Related ebooks
Down from Olympus: Archaeology and Philhellenism in Germany, 1750-1970 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Anthropology and Modern Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5One Discipline, Four Ways: British, German, French, and American Anthropology Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Narrating the Nation: Representations in History, Media and the Arts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDreamland of Humanists: Warburg, Cassirer, Panofsky, and the Hamburg School Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Antiquarianisms: Contact, Conflict, Comparison Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBioarchaeology of Marginalized People Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsArchaeology of the Political: Regimes of Power from the Seventeenth Century to the Present Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Working Life of Women in the Seventeenth Century Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGeography and Revolution Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDomesticating Empire: Enlightenment in Spanish America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIdolatry and the Construction of the Spanish Empire Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Cultural Approach to History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsManaging Northern Europe's Forests: Histories from the Age of Improvement to the Age of Ecology Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Quest for the Irish Celt: The Harvard Archaeological Mission to Ireland, 1932–1936 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Mirror of the Medieval: An Anthropology of the Western Historical Imagination Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Postcolonial Turn: Re-Imagining Anthropology and Africa Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOn Time: Technology and Temporality in Modern Egypt Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsContemplating Historical Consciousness: Notes from the Field Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsProstitution in Medieval Society: The History of an Urban Institution in Languedoc Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5God's Laboratory: Assisted Reproduction in the Andes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsModern Mythology Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIrish Ethnologies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsArchaeologies of Colonialism: Consumption, Entanglement, and Violence in Ancient Mediterranean France Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCultural Anxieties: Managing Migrant Suffering in France Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAssembling Enclosure: Transformations in the Rural Landscape of Post-Medieval North-East England Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsImperial Encore: The Cultural Project of the Late British Empire Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Three Impostors Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Race, Language and Culture Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
European History For You
Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies That Threaten to Take Over America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Greek Mythology: Of Gods, Mortals, Monsters & Other Legends of Ancient Greece: Myths & Legends Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mein Kampf: English Translation of Mein Kamphf - Mein Kampt - Mein Kamphf Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hitler's Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Short History of the World: The Story of Mankind From Prehistory to the Modern Day Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book: The Script Book Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Celtic Mythology: A Concise Guide to the Gods, Sagas and Beliefs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Violent Abuse of Women: In 17th and 18th Century Britain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Forgotten Slave Trade: The White European Slaves of Islam Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Six Wives of Henry VIII Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Origins Of Totalitarianism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Psychedelic Gospels: The Secret History of Hallucinogens in Christianity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Celtic Charted Designs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England: 400 – 1066 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Book of English Magic Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA History of Magic and Witchcraft: Sabbats, Satan & Superstitions in the West Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Old English Medical Remedies: Mandrake, Wormwood and Raven's Eye Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Discovery of Pasta: A History in Ten Dishes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDry: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Law Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Anthropology and Antihumanism in Imperial Germany
Rating: 4.333333333333333 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
3 ratings1 review
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book's got pictures.
Book preview
Anthropology and Antihumanism in Imperial Germany - Andi Zimmerman
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1