British school of diffusionism

The British school of diffusionism, also known as the Egyptianist school,[1] was an extreme form of the archaeological and anthropological movement of diffusionism.[2] Its main proponents, G. Elliot Smith and William J. Perry believed Ancient Egypt to be the source of all human culture.[3][4] According to this school of thought, due to the inherent uninventiveness of humans, culture cannot have its origin in every parts of the world.[3] Smith believed that only in ancient Egypt were there favorable enough conditions for the origin of the culture, citing the global distribution of pyramids.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Farahmand, Faridullah (2024-05-22). "Spread of Ideas: The Legacy of Diffusionism School". Sprin Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. 3 (5): 81–86. doi:10.55559/sjahss.v3i5.325. ISSN 2583-2387.
  2. ^ "Diffusionism and Acculturation". Anthropology. 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2025-09-30.
  3. ^ a b Lowie, Robert Harry (1937). The history of ethnological theory. University of California Libraries. New York : Farrar & Rinehart, inc.
  4. ^ Forde, Daryll (June 1949). "Dr. W. J. Perry". Nature. 163 (4153): 865–866. doi:10.1038/163865b0. ISSN 1476-4687.


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