Historicizing Race

by Marius Turda and Maria Sophia Quine

Book Overview

The idea of race may be outdated, as many commentators and scholars, working in a broad range of different fields in the sciences and humanities, have argued over many years. Nevertheless, it remains one of the most persistent forms of human classification. Theories of race primitivism (the idea that there is a 'natural' racial hierarchy and ranking order of 'inferior' and 'superior' races), race biologism (the belief that people can be classified...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144114367X
• ISBN13: 9781441143679
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"