Darwinism, Democracy, and Race
Author | : John Jackson |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2017-07-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781351810784 |
ISBN-13 | : 1351810782 |
Rating | : 4/5 (782 Downloads) |
Download or read book Darwinism, Democracy, and Race written by John Jackson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: in the footsteps of Franz Boas -- 2 Franz Boas and the argument from presumption -- 3 Demarcating anthropology: the boundary work of Alfred Kroeber -- 4 Theodosius Dobzhansky and the argument from definition -- 5 Unifying science by creating community: the epideictic rhetoric of Sherwood Washburn -- 6 A kairos moment unmet and met: the controversy over Carleton Coon's The Origin of Races -- 7 Epilogue: the roots of the Sociobiology controversy, the infirmities of Evolutionary Psychology, and the unity of anthropology -- Index