{"product_id":"race-and-the-enlightenment-9780631201373","title":"Race and the Enlightenment","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGathers the philosophical writing on race produced by the luminaries of the European Enlightenment. This book explores through the primary texts the alliance between philosophy, anthropology and race. It attempts to show, through primary texts on matters of race, the 'dark' sides of the Enlightenment philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"By unveiling these voices and creating a greater depth of historical context for academic audiences they could expand and complicate modern discussions of racism and its origins.  And indeed, these multilingual (yet translated) sources bring a fuller perspective to the dialogue.\" (\u003ci\u003eH-Net\u003c\/i\u003e, September 2010)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \"This \u003ci\u003eReader\u003c\/i\u003e reframes and expands the discussion of race from an emotional and ideological context to an intellectual and historical one. Moreover, it introduces students to some of the most influential and eloquent philosophers of the period. I think it would be essential to any course on race and useful in any course on the Enlightenment. It is certainly a welcome addition to the available texts.\" \u003ci\u003eMarilyn Gaull, Temple University\/New York University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"It brings together many passages from books only available in research libraries. It will therefore prove to be a useful anthology for teachers and students, providing an excellent starting point for much-needed historical and critical study.\"\u003ci\u003ePeter Hulme, Research in African Literatures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In compiling this useful anthology, Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze's starting point was the realization that writing about race formed an important but neglected aspect of Enlightenment thought.\" \"Eze modestly concludes by saying that the collection will succeed if it provokes teachers, researchers, and students into further investigation of the place of race in Enlightenment thought. On that basis, it should be judged a likely success. It brings together many passages from books only available in research libraries. It will therefore prove to be a useful anthology for teachers and students, providing an excellent starting point for much-needed historical and critical study.\" \u003ci\u003eResearch in African Literatures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Carl von Linne: \u003ci\u003e\"Hommo\" in the System of Nature.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon: \u003ci\u003eBiological and Geographical Distribution of Mankind.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. David Hume: \u003ci\u003eNegroes... naturally inferior to the whites.\u003c\/i\u003e James Beattie: \u003ci\u003eResponse to David Hume.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Immanuel Kant: \u003ci\u003eOn the Different Races of Man.\u003c\/i\u003e Immanuel Kant: \u003ci\u003eOf National Characteristics.\u003c\/i\u003e Immanuel Kant: \u003ci\u003ePhysical Geography.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Kant-Herder Controversy. Kant: \u003ci\u003eReview of Herder's Ideas on the Philosophy of the History of Mankind.\u003c\/i\u003e Johann Gottfried Herder: \u003ci\u003eOrganization of the People of Africa.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Johann Friedrich Blumenbach: \u003ci\u003eThe Degeneration of Races.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Entries on: 'Negre' in the Encyclopedia, and 'Negro' in the Encyclopedia Britannica.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Thomas Jefferson: \u003ci\u003eThe difference is fixed in nature.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Georges Leopold Cuvier, \u003ci\u003eVarieties of the Human Species.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Georg Wilhelm Hegel, \u003ci\u003eAfrica is enveloped in the Dark Mantle of Night.\u003c\/i\u003e Georg Wilhelm Hegel, \u003ci\u003eOn Colonialism.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865438859607,"sku":"9780631201373","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631201373.jpg?v=1722274052","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/race-and-the-enlightenment-9780631201373","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}