Adolf Bastian
Date of Birth  :
1826-26-06
Place of Birth  :
Bremen
Country  :
Germany
Field of Expertise  :
Ethnography
Educational background  :

Degree in law at the University of Heidelberg.

Medical degree from Charles University in Prague.

Acheivements / Contributions  :

  • Adolf Bastian is known as a founder of ethnography.
  • odern psychology owes him a great debt,because of his theory of the Elementargedanke , which led to Carl Jung's development of the Theory of Archetypes.

source:Adolf Bastian

Bibliography  :
Reisen in Birma in Den Jahren 1861-1862: V.2 (German Edition) , Reise Durch Kambodja Nach Cochinchina: V.4 (German Edition), Das Beständige in Den Menschenrassen Und Die Spielweite Ihrer Veränderlichkeit (German Edition) (2010 Reprint) ,Die Heilige Sage Der Polynesier: Kosmogonie Und Theogonie (German Edition) (2010 Reprint) .