ISBN:
9781782386131
Language:
Undetermined
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (178 p)
Edition:
1st edition
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Abstract:
Attempts of nineteenth-century writers to establish "race" as a biological concept failed after Charles Darwin opened the door to a new world of knowledge. Yet this word already had a place in the organization of everyday life and in ordinary English language usage. This book explains how the idea of race became so important in the USA, generating conceptual confusion that can now be clarified. Developing an international approach, it reviews references to "race," "racism," and "ethnicity" in sociology, anthropology, philosophy, and comparative politics and identifies promising lines of research that may make it possible to supersede misleading notions of race in the social sciences
Abstract:
Preface -- Introduction: The Paradox -- Chapter 1. The Scientific Sources of the Paradox -- -- Two dimensions -- Taxonomy -- Typology -- Darwin and Mendel -- Two Vocabularies -- The Power of the Ordinary Language Construct -- -- Chapter 2. The Political Sources of the Paradox -- -- Social Categories and Their Names -- After the Civil War -- Discrimination -- The 'One-Drop' Rule -- Counter Trends -- -- Chapter 3. International Pragmatism -- -- The Racial Convention -- Implementing the Convention -- Other International Action -- Naming the Categories -- -- Chapter 4. Sociological Knowledge -- -- Theoretical or Practical? -- The Chicago School -- In World Perspective -- Social Race? -- -- Chapter 5. Conceptions of Racism -- -- Writing History -- Teaching Philosophy -- Teaching Sociology -- Sociological Textbooks -- Political Ends -- -- Chapter 6. Ethnic Origin and Ethnicity -- -- Census categories -- Anthropology -- A New Reality? -- Nomenclature -- Sociobiology -- Ethnic Origin as a Social Sign -- Comparative Politics -- The Current Sociology of Ethnicity -- -- Chapter 7. Collective Action -- -- The Rediscovery of Weber's 1911 Notes -- Four Propositions -- Closure -- The Human Capital Variable -- The Colour Variable -- Ethnic Preferences -- Opening relationships -- -- Conclusion: The Paradox Resolved -- Select Bibliography -- Index --
Note:
Zielgruppe - Audience: Professional and scholarly
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