The Myth of Human Races: xv - Brossura

Corcos, Alain F.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0870134396 ISBN 13: 9780870134395

Casa editrice: Michigan State Univ Pr, 1997

Riassunto

The idea that human races exist is a socially constructed myth that has no grounding in science. Regardless of skin, hair, or eye color, stature or physiognomy, we are all of one species. Nonetheless, scientists, social scientists, and pseudo-scientists have, for three centuries, tried vainly to prove that distinctive and separate "races" of humanity exist. These protagonists of race theory have based their flawed research on one or more of five specious assumptions:
- humanity can be classified into groups using identifiable physical characteristics,
- human characteristics are transmitted "through the blood,"
- distinct human physical characteristics are inherited together,
- physical features can be linked to human behavior,
- human groups or "races" are by their very nature unequal and, therefore, they can be ranked in order of intellectual, moral, and cultural superiority.
The Myth of Human Races systematically dispels these fallacies and unravels the web of flawed research that has been woven to demonstrate the superiority of one group of people over another.

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Book by Corcos Alain F

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• Editore: Michigan State Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0870134396
• ISBN 13: 9780870134395
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 214
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