We have summarized here the essential of this book by the author.
THE FIRST ANTHROPOLOGICAL PARADIGM: EVOLUTIONISM
The scientific paradigm of the nineteenth century
Anthropology arises in a CONTEXT characterized by great historical events: the FRENCH REVOLUTION first and the INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION later. These revolutions marked a profound change in economic, social and political relations in Europe and later in the rest of the world.
THE FEUDAL REGIME AND ITS REPRESENTATIVES (THE CLERGY, THE NOBILITY) WERE LOSING THEIR POWER AND A NEW CLASS, THE BOURGEOISIE, WHICH HAD ASSUMED ECONOMIC CONTROL IN THE NEW REGIME, WAS ESTABLISHED POLITICALLY.