Dixon Alexander Goldenweiser Robert Lowie John R. Swanton Paul Radin Melville Herskovits Gene Weltfish Melville Jacobs Ruth Underhill Alexander Lesser Leslie Spier Elsie Clews Parsons Ruth Bunzel Zora Neale Hurston Frank Speck Critiques In the mid 20th century, Boasian anthropology came under critique both from those students who wanted to reintroduce evolutionary processes into the study of culture, and from those who disagreed with its relativist stance and its view that biological differences did not reflect innate differences in human ability or potential. In the late 20th century earlier Boasian anthropology was also critiqued for its acceptance of race as a valid biological category, leading to attempts to redefine a neo-Boasian anthropology which studies the particular historical trajectories leading to the construction of social categories of cultures and races. See also Cultural relativism References External links Boasian Anthropology: Historical Particularism and Cultural Relativism at Anthrotheoru.pbworks.com Cultural anthropology