Skin deep : dispelling the science of race
Evans, Gavin, 1960-2020
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In academic journals and on Internet message boards, certain scientists and thinkers are laying siege to one of the great taboos. Could it be, they ask, that racism has a rational basis in science? These ideas are no longer limited to the fringe: race-based studies of intelligence have been discussed by thinkers such as Steven Pinker, Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson. If true, it would provide an intellectual foundation for so many of the attitudes that characterise the right wing, justifying inequality and discrimination. Gavin Evans tackles the nature vs nurture debate head-on, examining the latest studies on how intelligence develops and laying out new discoveries in genetics, palaeontology, archaeology and anthropology to unearth the truth about our shared past. In doing so, he demolishes the pernicious myth that our race is our destiny, and instead reveals what really makes us who we are.
Main title:
Skin deep : dispelling the science of race / Gavin Evans.
Author:
Evans, Gavin, 1960-, author
Imprint:
London : Oneworld, 2020.
Collation:
xvi, 365 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2019.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781786078117 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
305.8305.8 EVAN
Language:
English
BRN:
2287200