Anthropology

The skull of the humans in lateral view.

Anthropology (from Greek: ἄνθρωπος ánthrōpos 'human being' and λόγος lógos 'doctrine'), as the doctrine or science of man and in this sense as the basic study of man, is today predominantly understood as natural scientific anthropology and conceives of man as a physical being in a physical environment. Biological anthropology attempts to understand the various biological characteristics of humans on the basis of evolutionary theory. Forensic anthropology is specifically used to solve crimes by establishing identity, providing ancestry reports, diagnosing age and the like. There are also areas of anthropology oriented towards the humanities or cultural sciences, such as philosophical anthropology, historical anthropology, cultural anthropology, psychological anthropology, theological anthropology, etc., as well as mixed forms, such as cybernetic anthropology.

Literature

• Friedrich A. Kipp: Die Evolution des Menschen im Hinblick auf seine lange Jugendzeit, 2. Aufl., Verlag Freies Geistesleben, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 978-3772507182
• Ernst-Michael Kranich: Der innere Mensch und sein Leib: Eine Anthropologie, Verlag Freies Geistesleben, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 978-3772518652
• Ernst-Michael Kranich: Anthropologische Grundlagen der Waldorfpädagogik, Verlag Freies Geistesleben, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 978-3772517815
• Johannes W. Rohen: Morphologie des menschlichen Organismus, 4. Aufl., Verlag Freies Geistesleben, Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 978-3772519987
• Johannes W. Rohen: Eine funktionelle und spirituelle Anthropologie: unter Einbeziehung der Menschenkunde Rudolf Steiners, 1. Aufl., Verlag Freies Geistesleben, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3772520983
• Peter Heusser: Anthroposophie und Wissenschaft: Eine Einführung. Erkenntniswissenschaft, Physik, Chemie, Genetik, Biologie, Neurobiologie, Psychologie, Philosophie des Geistes, Anthropologie, Anthroposophie, Medizin, Verlag am Goetheanum, Dornach 2016, ISBN 978-3723515686
• Rudolf Steiner: Vom Menschenrätsel, GA 20 (1984), ISBN 3-7274-0200-8 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Von Seelenrätseln, GA 21 (1983), ISBN 3-7274-0210-5 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Anthroposophie. Ein Fragment aus dem Jahre 1910, GA 45 (2002), ISBN 3-7274-452-3 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Anthroposophie – Psychosophie – Pneumatosophie, GA 115 (2001), ISBN 3-7274-1150-3 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

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