The Limitations of the Comparative Method of Anthropology

Boas, F. (1896). The Limitations of the Comparative Method of Anthropology. Science, 4(103), 901-908.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1896

Volume

4

Issue

103

Pages

901-908

DOI

10.1126/science.4.103.901

DOI registrant

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Link

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.4.103.901

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sociology_anthropology

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• Cultural Diffusion
  • Boas's 1896 critique of the comparative method questioned whether cultural similarities across remote societies arise from independent invention or from diffusion, establishing the distinction as foundational

    This sourceCritiques the comparative method and frames whether cross-cultural similarities arise from independent invention or diffusion.

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