ANTH 1002 Study Guide - Final Guide: Louis Laurent Gabriel De Mortillet, Ruth Benedict, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1002
• Professor: Kristin Bright

Document Summary

The beginning- anthropology for the greeks and romans: tacitus (55 to 117 ad) De res natura (on the nature of things) ~50 bce. The renaissance- collecting and discovering of the other . Popes and merchants: christopher columbus and new world, cabinets de curiosities (1588-1654, francis bacon (1561-1626) parasceve. Introduction and scientific method: rene descartes (1596-1650) discourse on method. Mechanical universe as made by god but left alone, so change can happen. Placing the other- methods: the encyclopedic tradition, the great chain of being, and other universal taxonomies, the problem of diversity, the doctrine of universal profess and other salvation myths, central tenets of the enlightenment. Development of archaeology: christian jorgensen thomsen (1788-1865) Development of sociology: anne robert jacques turgot, His reflections on the formation and distribution of wealth influenced adam smith. The universal history produced a systematic three stage law- theological, metaphysical and positive: auguste comte (1798-1857) Drew on turgot"s stages to impact a messianic vision of sociology.