What We Now Know about Race and Ethnicity
Banton, Michael
What We Now Know about Race and Ethnicity - Berghahn Books 20151001
Open Access
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.
Creative Commons
English
9781785336584
Social & political philosophy
Anthropology race theory racism ethnic studies race and politics race in America political philosophy Sociology United States
What We Now Know about Race and Ethnicity - Berghahn Books 20151001
Open Access
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.
Creative Commons
English
9781785336584
Social & political philosophy
Anthropology race theory racism ethnic studies race and politics race in America political philosophy Sociology United States