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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Marks, Jonathan M. (1955-....)
Titre(s) : Is science racist ? [Texte imprimé] / Jonathan Marks
Publication : Cambridge ; Malden, Mass. : Polity, 2017
Description matérielle : viii, 142 pages : ill. ; 20 cm
Collection : Debating race
Lien à la collection : Debating race
Comprend : How science invented race ; Science, race, and genomics ; Racism and biomedical science ; What we know, and why it matters
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-138) and index
"Every arena of science has its own set of ethical issues ? chemistry and poison gas,
physics and the atom bomb ? and genetics has had a troubled history with race. As
Jonathan Marks reveals, this dangerous relationship rumbles on to this day, still
leaving plenty of leeway for a belief in the basic natural inequality of races. The
eugenic science of the early twentieth century and the commodified genomic science
of today are unified by the mistaken belief that human races are naturalistic categories.
Yet their boundaries are founded neither in biology nor genetics and, not being a
formal scientific concept, race is largely not accessible to the scientist. As Marks
argues, race can only be grasped through the humanities: historically, experientially,
politically. This wise, witty essay explores the persistence and legacy of scientific
racism, which misappropriates the authority of science and undermines it by converting
it into a social weapon"
Sujet(s) : Sciences et morale
Sciences et racisme
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780745689210 (hardback). - ISBN 0745689213 (hardback). - ISBN 9780745689227 (paperback). - ISBN 0745689221 (paperback) (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb453011544
Notice n° :
FRBNF45301154
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