Max Westenhöfer
Maximilian Joseph Johann Westenhöfer (born February 9, 1871 in Ansbach , † September 25, 1957 in Santiago de Chile ) was a German pathologist and anthropologist .
Max Westenhöfer enjoyed an outstanding international reputation as an employee of Rudolf Virchow , as director of the pathological museum in Berlin and, above all, due to his many years of work as a teacher and researcher in Santiago de Chile.
On the question of human origin, Westenhöfer, like the Belgian biologist Serge Frechkop , scientifically represented the opinion "that human beings are the most primordial creatures within the mammal series." This archaic thesis of human development stands in sharp contrast to the classical reduction theory, which postulates a straight-line derivation of great apes by reducing the specializations of these animals to the unspecialized, deficient form of organization of humans. Westenhöfer formulated this archaic theory of the incarnation classically in his work "The Self-Path of Man".
literature
- Herbert Fritsche: Man's own path. In: Die Zeit March 31, 1949 x (article about Max Westenhöfer)
- Article “Max Westenhöfer, Pathologist and Anthropologist”. In: Munzinger.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Herbert Fritsche: The Eigenweg of the people. In: Die Zeit March 31, 1949
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Westenhöfer, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Westenhöfer, Maximilian Joseph Johann (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pathologist and anthropologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ansbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 25, 1957 |
| Place of death | Santiago de Chile |