Foundations of Anthropological Theory: From Classical Antiquity to Early Modern Europe [Paperback]

• ?Enables the reader to situate the modern discipline of anthropology within the larger context of intellectual history
• ?Features key texts from the ancient and medieval worlds through to the Enlightenment
• Considers the presumptive rights of Europeans to judge the inherent moral worth of non-Western civilizations
• Provides fascinating insights into the ways historians, philosophers, missionaries, and even writers of fiction have made valuable contributions to modern anthropological inquiry

Acknowledgments x

Note on the Text xii

Introduction 1
Robert Launay

Part I The Ancient World 29

1 The Histories of Herodotus 31
Herodotus

2 Germany 39
Tacitus

Part II The Middle Ages 47

Section II (a) European Travelers 49

3 The Travels of Marco Polo 51
Marco Polo

4 The Travels of Sir John Mandeville 63
John Mandeville Copyrighted Material

Section II (b) The Muslim World 71

5 Travels in Asia and Africa, 13251354 73
Ibn Battuta

6 The Muqaddimah 84
Ibn Khaldun

Part III The Renaissance 93

7 History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil, otherwise Called America 95