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Kant and the Concept of Race : Late Eighteenth-Century Writings
by Jon M. Mikkelsen and Jon M. Mikkelsen
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Overview
Kant and the Concept of Race features translations of four texts by Immanuel Kant frequently designated his Racenschriften (race essays), in which he develops and defends an early theory of race. Also included are translations of essays by four of Kant's contemporaries--E. A. W. Zimmermann, Georg Forster, Christoph Meiners, and Christoph Girtanner--which illustrate that Kant's interest in the subject of race was part of a larger discussion about human "differences," one that impacted the development of scientific fields ranging from natural history to physical anthropology to biology.
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- ISBN-13: 9781438443621
- ISBN-10: 1438443625
- Publisher: State University of New York Press
- Publish Date: July 2014
- Dimensions: 9.03 x 5.88 x 0.34 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.79 pounds
- Page Count: 387
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