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Adolf Bastian
Early German anthropologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adolf Philipp Wilhelm Bastian (26 June 1826 ā 2 February 1905) was a 19th-century polymath best remembered for his contributions to the development of ethnography and the development of anthropology as a discipline. Modern psychology owes him a great debt, because of his theory of the Elementargedanke, which led to Carl Jung's development of the theory of archetypes. His ideas had a formative influence on the "father of American anthropology" Franz Boas, and he also influenced the thought of comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell.[n 1][2]
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Adolf Bastian | |
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![]() Adolf Bastian, 1892 | |
Born | (1826-06-26)26 June 1826 |
Died | 2 February 1905(1905-02-02) (aged 78) |
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Fields | Anthropology |
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