Darwinism, democracy, and race American anthropology and evolutionary biology in the twentieth century /

Jackson, John P.

Darwinism, democracy, and race American anthropology and evolutionary biology in the twentieth century / [Texte imprimé] : John P. Jackson Jr. and David J. Depew - London : Routledge, 2017 - 1 vol. (240 p.) ; 24 cm - History and philosophy of biology .

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Introduction : in the footsteps of Franz Boas -- Franz Boas and the argument from presumption -- Demarcating anthropology : the boundary work of Alfred Kroeber -- Theodosius Dobzhansky and the argument from definition -- Theodosius Dobzhansky and the argument from definition -- A Kairos moment unmet and met : the controversy over Carlton Coon's The origin of races -- Epilogue : the roots of the sociobiology controversy, the infirmities of evolutionary psychology, and the unity of anthropology

978-1-138-62817-5

Race--Philosophy Evolution (Biology)--Philosophy Social constructionism Cultural relativism Genetics--Social aspects

305.8001