What We Now Know about Race and Ethnicity
Banton, Michael
What We Now Know about Race and Ethnicity Michael Banton. - 1 online resource (180 p.)
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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.
9781785336584
Social Science / Ethnic Studies
Social sciences
Electronic books.
What We Now Know about Race and Ethnicity Michael Banton. - 1 online resource (180 p.)
Access copy available to the general public.
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.
9781785336584
Social Science / Ethnic Studies
Social sciences
Electronic books.