Indigenous visions : rediscovering the world of Franz Boas
(Book)

"A compelling study that charts the influence of Indigenous thinkers on Franz Boas, the founder of modernanthropology In 1911, the publication of Franz Boas'sThe Mind of Primitive Manchallenged widely held claims about race and intelligencethat justified violence and inequality. Now, a group of leading scholars examines how this groundbreaking work hinged on relationships with a global circle of Indigenous thinkers who used Boasian anthropology as a medium for their ideas. Contributors also examine how Boasian thought intersected with the work of major modernist figures, demonstrating how ideas of diversityand identity sprang from colonization and empire."--,(source of summary not specified)