Project Gutenberg 2023-09-13 Public domain in the USA. 259 Boas, Franz 1858 1942 Boaz, Franz The mind of primitive man : $b A course of lectures delivered before the Lowell Institute, Boston, Mass., and the National University of Mexico, 1910-1911 $aNew York :$bThe Macmillan Company, $c1911, pubdate 1911, copyright 1921. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mind_of_Primitive_Man Aaron Adrignola, Gísli Valgeirsson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Mind of Primitive Man" by Franz Boas is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work stems from a series of lectures delivered by Boas at the Lowell Institute and the National University of Mexico between 1910 and 1911. The primary focus of the text is an exploration of human cultural and mental development, aiming to critique the prevalent assumptions surrounding racial superiority and to analyze the consequences of environment and heredity on human traits. At the start of the book, Boas introduces the notion that civilized humans often regard themselves as superior to primitive peoples, a belief he challenges throughout the text. He underscores the need for rigorous analysis of the assumptions behind claims of racial superiority, particularly those made based on perceived cultural achievements or anatomical differences. The opening outlines his critical perspective, asserting that such views are inadequately supported and that meaningful distinctions between civilized and primitive man often stem from varying environments rather than inherent capabilities. As he delves into the origins of these beliefs, Boas sets the stage for a deeper examination of the influences of environment and heredity on the human experience, foreshadowing a series of detailed inquiries into the complexity of race and culture. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/mindofprimitivem0000fran 20230411090208boas 1911 us Reading ease score: 44.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Race Ethnopsychology GN Text Category: Archaeology & Anthropology Category: Sociology 484705 2025-07-28T10:26:13.449810 text/html 476935 2023-09-13T01:28:56 text/html 454812 2025-07-28T10:26:21.897726 application/epub+zip 452632 2025-07-28T10:26:15.834764 application/epub+zip 295442 2025-07-28T10:26:14.553826 application/epub+zip 863998 2025-07-28T10:26:26.162721 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 831321 2025-07-28T10:26:20.975751 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 419154 2025-07-28T10:26:12.764761 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 419206 2023-09-13T01:28:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17443 2025-07-28T10:26:26.318697 application/rdf+xml 13895 2025-07-28T10:26:14.874752 image/jpeg 2106 2025-07-28T10:26:14.714769 image/jpeg 417402 2023-09-13T01:28:56 application/octet-stream application/zip 439704 2025-07-28T10:26:13.495760 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia