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Adolf Bastian
AuthorBooks · Second hand1826-1905
Adolf Philipp Wilhelm Bastian was a 19th-century polymath remembered best for his contributions to the development of ethnography and the development of anthropology as a discipline. His theory of the Elementargedanke resulted in Carl Jung's development of the theory of archetypes. His ideas influenced the "father of American anthropology" Franz Boas and comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell.
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About Adolf Bastian
Birth
1826
Death
1905
First book
1869
Years writing
157
Adolf Philipp Wilhelm Bastian was a 19th-century polymath remembered best for his contributions to the development of ethnography and the development of anthropology as a discipline. His theory of the Elementargedanke resulted in Carl Jung's development of the theory of archetypes. His ideas influenced the "father of American anthropology" Franz Boas and comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell.
Adolf Bastian was a German polymath who excelled as an anthropologist, physician, explorer, and psychologist.
He was the visionary founder and first director of the Museum of Ethnology in Berlin.
Under the pseudonym Plato III, he explored the depths of ethnopsychology and human culture.
His vast body of work includes nearly a hundred publications on travel, history, and social customs.
Born in Bremen, his tireless adventurous spirit led him to pass away in Trinidad and Tobago.
