Reinvention of Humanity

*THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*

*WINNER OF THE FRANCIS PARKMAN PRIZE 2020*

*FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2019*

The riveting story of the pioneers who redefined conceptions of 'normality' in the early twentieth century.

Under the guiding eye of cultural anthropologist Franz Boas, these scientist-explorers - most of them women - made intrepid journeys into far-flung communities all over the world, where they documented radically different social approaches that overturned Western assumptions about human diversity and
challenged the era's scientific consensus.

Here, the boundary-breaking lives and achievements of Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, Ella Deloria and Zora Neale Hurston are brought fully into light for the first time, showing how their trailblazing discoveries helped shape the moral universe we inhabit today.

* NEWS YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ** CASTIGATORUL PREMIULUI FRANCIS PARKMAN 2020 ** FINALIST PENTRU PREMIILE CERCLEULUI NATIONAL DE CRITICA DE CARTE 2019 * Povestea captivanta a pionierilor care au redefinit conceptiile despre „normalitate” la inceputul secolului al XX-lea. ale antropologului cultural Franz Boas, acesti oameni de stiinta-exploratori - majoritatea dintre ei femei - au facut calatorii indraznete in comunitati indepartate din intreaga lume, unde au documentat abordari sociale radical diferite care au rasturnat ipotezele occidentale despre diversitatea umana si au contestat consensul stiintific al epocii. , vietile si realizarile de frunte ale Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, Ella Deloria si Zora Neale Hurston sunt aduse pe deplin in lumina pentru prima data, aratand modul in care descoperirile lor urmaritoare au ajutat la modelarea universului moral pe care il traim astazi.