The Idea Of RacePosted in Anthologies, Anthropology, Books, Brazil, History, Media Archive, Philosophy, Politics/Public Policy, Social Science on 2009-12-04 00:08Z by Steven |
Hackett Publishing Company
2000
256 pages
Cloth ISBN: 0-87220-459-6, ISBN-13: 978-0-87220-459-1
Paper ISBN: 0-87220-458-8, ISBN-13: 978-0-87220-458-4
Edited by
Robert Bernasconi, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy
Pennsylvania State University
Tommy L. Lott, Professor of Philosophy
San José State University
A survey of the historical development of the idea of race, this anthology offers pre-twentieth century theories about the concept of race, classic twentieth century sources reiterating and contesting ideas of race as scientific, and several philosophically relevant essays that discuss the issues presented. A general Introduction gives an overview of the readings. Headnotes introduce each selection. Includes suggested further readings.
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Classification of Races
- Francois Bernier, “A new division of earth, according to the different species or races of men who inhabit it”
- Francois-Marie Voltaire, “Of the Different Races of Men,” from The Philosophy of History
- Immanuel Kant, “Of the Different Human Races”
- Johann Gottfried von Herder, Ideas on the Philosophy of the History of Humankind
- Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, On the Natural Variety of Mankind
- G. W. F. Hegel, “Anthropology,” from The Encyclopedia of Philosophical Science
Science and Eugenics
- Arthur de Gobineau, The Inequality of Human Races
- Charles Darwin, “On the Races of Man,” from The Descent of Man
- Francis Galton, “Eugenics: Its Definition, Scope and Aims”
Heredity and Culture
- Franz Boas, “Instability of Human Types”
- Alain Locke, “The Concept of Race as applied to Social Culture”
- Ashley Montagu, “The Concept of Race in the Human Species in the Light of Genetics”
Race and Political Ideology
- W. E. B. Du Bois, The Conservation of Races
- Anthony Appiah, “The Uncompleted Argument: Du Bois and the Illusion of Race”
- Leopold Senghor, “What is Negritude?”
Racial Identity
- Linda Alcoff, “Mestizo Identity”
- Michael Hanchard, “Black Cinderella? Race and the Public Sphere in Brazil”
- Michael Omi and Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States.