Publication Date:
2024-04-08
Description:
Attempts of nineteenth-century writers to establish “race” as a biological concept failed after Charles Darwin opened the door to a new world of knowledge. Yet this word already had a place in the organization of everyday life and in ordinary English language usage. This book explains how the idea of race became so important in the USA, generating conceptual confusion that can now be clarified. Developing an international approach, it reviews references to “race,” “racism,” and “ethnicity” in sociology, anthropology, philosophy, and comparative politics and identifies promising lines of research that may make it possible to supersede misleading notions of race in the social sciences.
Keywords:
Anthropology
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race theory
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racism
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ethnic studies
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race and politics
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race in America
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political philosophy
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Sociology
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United States
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bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HP Philosophy::HPS Social & political philosophy
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thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy
Language:
English
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