Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
Race and Natural History, 1750-1850
The major significance of the German naturalist-physician Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752-1840) as a topic of historical study is the fact that he was one of the first anthropologists to investigate humankind as part of natural history. Moreover, Blumenbach was, and continues to be, a central figure in debates about race and racism.How exactly did Blumenbach define race and races? What were his scientific criteria? And which cultural values did he bring to bear on his scheme? Little historical work has been done on Blumenbach's fundamental, influential race work. From his own time till today, several different pronouncements have been made…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Lauer, Gerhard (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-351-73215-4
- EAN: 9781351732154
- Produktnummer: 31317911
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 280 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 10'748 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Abbildungen: 26 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 3 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Nicolaas Rupke is Professor Emeritus of the History of Science at the University of Göttingen, Germany, and Rupert H. Johnson Jr. Professor at Washington and Lee University, USA. Gerhard Lauer is Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Basel, Switzerland, and the current director of the Blumenbach - Online project.
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