ISBN:
9780415101400
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (393 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Race, Racism and Psychology : Towards a Reflexive History
DDC:
155.8/2
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book presents a controversial analysis of the debates surrounding race in the psychological literature of this century. Graham Richards contextualizes some famous studies to present the basis of their outlook on ""race"" and ""racism
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; The pre-evolutionary background and the roots of Scientific Racism; Psychology and 'Scientific Racism' 1860-1910; An imperial interlude: the Cambridge Torres Straits Expedition and its aftermath; 'Race' in US Psychology to 1945: I. The rise and nature of 'Race Psychology'; 'Race' in US Psychology to 1945: II. The rise of anti-racism; 'Race' in European Psychology to 1940: I. Primitive minds and Aryan supermen; 'Race' in European Psychology to 1940: II. Its presence and absence in British Psychology
Description / Table of Contents:
Racism at bay: Psychology and 'race' 1945-69Race and IQ 1969-96: An undead controversy; Bringing it all back home; Resume; Appendix: Comments on J.P.Rushton's table of 'Mongoloid', 'Caucasoid', 'Negroid' rankings; Bibliography; T.R.Garth bibliography; Name index; Subject index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
