Race and IQ, Expanded Edition

by Ashley Montagu

Book Overview

Ashley Montagu, who first attacked the term "race" as a usable concept in his acclaimed work, Man's Most Dangerous Myth, offers here a devastating rebuttal to those who would claim any link between race and intelligence.
In now classic essays, this thought-provoking volume critically examines the terms "race" and "IQ" and their applications in scientific discourse. The twenty-four contributors--including such eminent thinkers as Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Lewontin, Urie Bronfenbrenner, W.F. Bodmer, and Jerome Kagan--draw on fields that range from biology and genetics to psychology, anthropology, and education. What emerges in piece after piece is a deep skepticism about the scientific validity of intelligence tests, especially as applied to evaluating innate intelligence, if only because scientists still cannot distinguish between genetic and environmental contributions to the development of the human mind. Five new essays have been included that specifically address the claims made in the recent, highly controversial book, The Bell Curve.
Must reading for anyone interested in racism and education in America, Race and IQ is a brilliantly lucid exploration of the boundary line between race and intelligence.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195102207
• ISBN13: 9780195102208
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.9" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

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Every negative review posted here is by someone who no doubt comes from [...]. Why is it that every time someone writes an intelligent opinion -AGAINST- McCarthyist, white privileged "science" (Since, admit it people...most of the "race" based research is all based on Eugenics, etc.) they become a 'Pinko bastard with an agenda?' Want gay marriage and equality? Evil Socialist with an Agenda. New angles on science debunking the whole "White is Superior" angle pushed by Ye old Britannica? Communist/Liberal with an Evil Agenda. Happen to be a person of any shade who speaks out against 'White privilege' and obvious racism? Of, you're just playing the race card...and you are a socialist pig with an evil Liberal agenda. Phhht.