Viajar é preciso: Theodor Koch-Grünberg e a Völkerkunde alemã do século XIX

Authors

  • Erwin H. Frank UFRR; Departamento de Antropologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-77012005000200005

Keywords:

history of anthropology, Völkerkunde, Theodor Koch-Grünberg, ethnography

Abstract

Taking the ethnography of Theodor Koch-Grünberg as ideal realization of the scientific project of Völkerkunde (German anthropology), ever since its invention by Waitz and, principally Adolf Bastian, up to its self-elimination in the "Third Reich", we analyze initially the roots of this project in German philosophy since Herder, up to the neo-Kantian rupture between the natural and the social (or cultural) sciences, in midst 19th century. After that, we try to show that, as a program for ethnography, the epistemic presuppositions of Völkerkunde were, ever since its beginnings, condemned to fail, - even considering the heroic trails of Koch-Grünberg.

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Published

2005-01-01

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 2 (2005)

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How to Cite

Frank, E. H. (2005). Viajar é preciso: Theodor Koch-Grünberg e a Völkerkunde alemã do século XIX . Revista De Antropologia, 48(2), 559-584. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-77012005000200005