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JOHANN FRIEDRICH BLUMENBACH
RACE AND NATURAL HISTORY, 1750-1850 |
| By: |
Nicolaas Rupke (Editor), Gerhard Lauer (Editor) |
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Electronic book text |
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£34.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1351732153 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781351732154 |
| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
5 February, 2018 |
| Series: |
Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine |
| Synopsis: |
The major significance of the German naturalist-physician Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752-1840) as a topic of historical study is the fact that he was one of the first anthropologists to investigate humankind as part of natural history. Moreover, Blumenbach was and continues to be a central figure in debates about race and racism.How exactly did Blumenbach define race and races? What were his scientific criteria? And which cultural values did he bring to bear on his scheme? Little historical work has been done on Blumenbach's fundamental, influential race work. From his own time till today, several different pronouncements have been made by either followers or opponents, some accusing Blumenbach of being the fountainhead of scientific racism/ By contrast, across early-nineteenth century Europe, not least in France, Blumenbach was lionized as an anti-racist whose work supported the unity of humankind and the abolition of slaveryThis collection of essays considers how, with Blumenbach and around him, the study of natural history and, by extension, that of science came to dominate the Western discourse of race. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Routledge |
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Non-returnable |
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