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Koncepcja rasy we lwowskiej szkole typologicznej
The Concept of Race in Lviv Typological School

Author(s): Dobrosława Wężowicz-Ziółkowska
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Jan Czekanowski; Lviv typological school; Polish anthropology; concept of race

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the concept of race developed in 1913–1938 by the so-called Lvivtypological school, constituting one of the factions of the then actively developed Polishanthropology. The author discusses the concepts of this school in the broad context of theera, stating that the concepts of the school, including the concepts of its founder – JanCzekanowski, built on the grounds of the Mendelian inheritance theory and fascination withquantitative methods, despite seeking objectivity were determined by the then spreadingidea of human racial diversity.

  • Issue Year: 462/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 23-35
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish