Adolf Bastian

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1826 – 1905

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Who was Adolf Bastian?

Adolf Bastian 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, as well as comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell.

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Born
Jun 26, 1826
Bremen
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Education
  • University of Würzburg
  • Humboldt University of Berlin
  • Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg
Died
Feb 2, 1905
Port of Spain

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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