<P> It took Immanuel Kant ( 1724 - 1804 ) 25 years to write one of the first major treatises on anthropology , Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View ( 1798 ) , which treats it as a branch of philosophy . Kant is not generally considered to be a modern anthropologist , as he never left his region of Germany , nor did he study any cultures besides his own . He did , however , begin teaching an annual course in anthropology in 1772 . Developments in the systematic study of ancient civilizations through the disciplines of Classics and Egyptology informed both archaeology and eventually social anthropology , as did the study of East and South Asian languages and cultures . At the same time , the Romantic reaction to the Enlightenment produced thinkers , such as Johann Gottfried Herder and later Wilhelm Dilthey , whose work formed the basis for the `` culture concept , '' which is central to the discipline . </P>
<P> It took Immanuel Kant ( 1724 - 1804 ) 25 years to write one of the first major treatises on anthropology , Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View ( 1798 ) , which treats it as a branch of philosophy . Kant is not generally considered to be a modern anthropologist , as he never left his region of Germany , nor did he study any cultures besides his own . He did , however , begin teaching an annual course in anthropology in 1772 . Developments in the systematic study of ancient civilizations through the disciplines of Classics and Egyptology informed both archaeology and eventually social anthropology , as did the study of East and South Asian languages and cultures . At the same time , the Romantic reaction to the Enlightenment produced thinkers , such as Johann Gottfried Herder and later Wilhelm Dilthey , whose work formed the basis for the `` culture concept , '' which is central to the discipline . </P>
when was anthropology established as an academic discipline
when was anthropology established as an academic discipline
1772
1772