Theodor Waitz

Franz Theodor Waitz (born in Gotha in 1821 ; died in Marburg in 1864 ) was a German psychologist , educator and anthropologist .

Live and act

Waitz studied in Leipzig and Jena . From 1848 he was a professor in Marburg. His research in the field of psychology led him to make connections with anthropology . His best-known work, the anthropology of primitive peoples , was completed after his death by his friend and student, the geographer Georg Gerland (1833–1919). His study of the Indians of North America received international attention and is considered the standard work on the Indians of the 19th century.

Waitz was a believer in evolutionary views in anthropology. He was against the theory of racial inequality. The work of Johann Friedrich Herbart had a profound effect on Waitz's approach to science.

Publications

• Anthropologie der Naturvölker (the first four volumes appeared in Leipzig, 1859–64, the last two were edited posthumously by Georg Gerland ).
  • Vol. 1. On the unity of the human race and the natural state of man. Digitized
  • Vol. 2. The Negro peoples and their relatives. Digitized
  • Vol. 3. The Americans. First half. Digitized
  • Vol. 4. The Americans. Second half. Digitized
  • Vol. 5. The peoples of the South Seas. 1. Dept. The Malays digitized , 2. Dept. The Micronesians and Northwestern Polynesians. Digitized
  • Vol. 6. The peoples of the South Seas. 3rd Dept. The Polynesians, Melanesians, Australians and Tasmanians. Digitized
• Foundation of Psychology (1846). Digitized
• Textbook of psychology as natural science (1849). Digitized
• General Pedagogy (1852). Digitized
• The Indians of North America (1864). Digitized
• Aristotelis Organon graece ; a critical edition of Aristotle's Organon (1844). Digitized

literature

• Lothar Spillmann : Early Gestalt ideas in the work of Theodor Waitz, Johann Friedrich Herbart and Ernst Mach , Gestalt Theory , 37 (1/2015) (PDF; 240 kB)
• 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica / Waitz, Theodor
• The American Cyclopædia (1879) / Waitz, Theodor
• Burton, RF (1864), Notes on Waitz's Anthropology , Anthropological Review , Vol. II, pp. 233-50. Digitized

Web links

• Waitz, Franz Theodor (German biography)
• Waitz, Franz Theodor. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Works in the Internet Archive

References and footnotes

1. ↑ digitized version