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Clark Wissler and the Development of Anthropology in the United States

Author(s) -

Freed Stanley A.,

Freed Ruth S.

Publication year - 1983

Publication title -

american anthropologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51

H-Index - 85

eISSN - 1548-1433

pISSN - 0002-7294

DOI - 10.1525/aa.1983.85.4.02a00040

Subject(s) - nomothetic , notice , anthropology , nomothetic and idiographic , applied anthropology , sociology , history , epistemology , philosophy , political science , law

Wissler receives scant notice today although he was a major figure in American anthropology. During the decades when the historical particularism of Franz Boas dominated American cultural anthropology, Wissler's theories provided a nomothetic alternative. His theories are in current use in various guises. The importance of Wissler has been obscured to some extent because he is often misclassified as a Boasian. However, he consciously worked outside of Boas's influence.

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