| The Debate about Colour Naming in 19th-Century German Philology Contributor(s): Saunders, Barbara (Editor), Marth, Ida-Theresia (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9058676005 ISBN-13: 9789058676009 Publisher: Leuven University Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Series: Studia Anthropologica |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.63 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Debate about Colour Naming in 19th Century German Philology contains eleven essays illustrating the intensity of interest in color naming and categorization that arose in nineteenth-century Germany. The themes of each chapter vary in their emphasis on particular theories that lie behind the testing of the color-naming capacities of primitive people throughout the world, and which move toward new variants of the doctrine of evolution. This selection of work directs itself toward the growing field of psychology and the shifting ground on which it was to form the later debates about color naming and categorization. These essays are a fascinating example of the early development of the human sciences and of the interplay among natural science, social science, and ideology. Studia Anthropologica 11 |