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Joseph Marie, baron de Gérando
Joseph Marie, baron de Gérando, born "Joseph Marie Degérando" (29 February 1772 in Lyon, France – 10 November 1842 in Paris), was a French jurist, philanthropist and philosopher of Italian descent.
He is most remembered for his 1804 book "Histoire comparée des systèmes de philosophie, considérés relativement aux principes des connaissances humaines" ("Comparative History of philosophical systems, considered in relation to the principles of human knowledge") as well as his 1820 study of benevolent
of time.
The method originated in the field research linked to European and American voyages of scientific exploration. During the year 1800, one of precursors of the method as Joseph Marie, baron de Gérando already affirming that : "The first way to get to know the Indians is to become like one of them; and it is by learning their language that we will become their fellow citizens." Later, the method has been popularized by Bronisław Malinowski and his students in Britain, the students of Franz Boas in the