Article ID: CBB035534784

Geography, Race and the Malleability of Man: Karl von Baer and the Problem of Academic Particularism in the Russian Human Sciences (2017)

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The question of national specificity in science was vigorously debated in 19th century Russia and remains relevant to the geographical and cultural contextualization of scholarship. This article introduces the term academic particularism to denote this phenomenon and addresses it through an examination of the career, ideas and legacy of Karl von Baer in the fields of geography, ethnology and physical anthropology. The article traces significant shifts in Baer's interests and views after his relocation to Russia in 1835 and identifies a cluster of key ideas present in Baer's work in the mid-19th century that were further developed by subsequent scholars in the late 19th century and came to constitute a distinctive strain in the Russian human sciences.

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Authors & Contributors
K. Kull
M. Tamm
Dylan Simon
Herza, Filip
Jenkins, Bill
Krivosheina, Galina
Concepts
Physical anthropology
Race
Ethnology
Science and race
Human sciences
Geography
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century
Enlightenment
17th century
Places
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Estonia
Indian Ocean
Edinburgh
Institutions
St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences
University of Edinburgh
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