Adolf Bastian and the Psychic Unity of Mankind: The Foundations of Anthropology in Ninteenth Century Germany

Adolf Bastian mapped a program for anthropological research in the nineteenth century which is still accepted in the international scholarly community today, without the figure of its founder being known. This is the first time that seminal pieces of the work of this much-neglected scholar have been translated into English. Bastian had an impact, directly and indirectly, on geography, psychology, comparative religious studies, and ethnology in the twentieth century.