Is Science Racist?
Jonathan Marks
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Description for Is Science Racist?
Hardcover. Every arena of science has its own flash-point issues chemistry and poison gas, physics and the atom bomb and genetics has had a troubled history with race. As Jonathan Marks reveals, this dangerous relationship rumbles on to this day, still leaving plenty of leeway for a belief in the basic natural inequality of races. Series: Debating Race. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: JFMG; JFSL1; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 122 x 16. Weight in Grams: 242.
Every arena of science has its own flash-point issues—chemistry and poison gas, physics and the atom bomb—and genetics has had a troubled history with race. As Jonathan Marks reveals, this dangerous relationship rumbles on to this day, still leaving plenty of leeway for a belief in the basic natural inequality of races.
The eugenic science of the early twentieth century and the commodified genomic science of today are unified by the mistaken belief that human races are naturalistic categories. Yet their boundaries are founded neither in biology nor in genetics and, not being a formal scientific concept, race is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
Series
Debating Race
Number of Pages
140
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745689210
SKU
V9780745689210
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99-50
About Jonathan Marks
Jonathan Marks is Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Reviews for Is Science Racist?
"Jonathan Marks skillfully guides us through the ignominious peaks and ideological nadirs of scientific racism, revealing race as a science fiction with little more empirical credence than creationism. This most accessible book should be read by anyone seeking to understand how science was, and continues to be, used in the service of racism." - Alondra Nelson, Columbia University and author ... Read more