Abstract
THOUGH opinions may, and undoubtedly do, differ as to how far it is incumbent upon a science to justify its raison d'être by its practical value, it would indeed be remarkable if in the case of anthropology, the science of man, its application to the problems of society were ignored. Yet there are few subjects in which the general public is less informed as to the trend of the results of investigation in relation to the conduct of life, whether for the social group or for mankind as a whole. For this anthropologists themselves may be to blame in some degree; but in a science of so vast a scope, each is concerned with his own special branch of investigation, to the neglect of the more general philosophical problems of the subject as a whole. Those anthropologists who are interested in the practical application of their science have for the most part confined themselves to the question of the administration of the affairs of backward peoples in contact with European civilisation; but few have attempted to direct attention to its bearing upon the problems of the more advanced races.
Anthropology and Modern Life.
By Prof. Franz Boas. Pp. 246. (London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1929.) 10s. net.
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Anthropology and Modern Life . Nature 124, 754–755 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124754a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/124754a0
