What we now know about race and ethnicity

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What we now know about race and ethnicity

Michael Banton

Berghahn Books, c2015

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  • : hardback

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Bibliography: p. [158]-161

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Attempts of nineteenth-century writers to establish "race" as a biological concept failed after Charles Darwin opened the door to a new world of knowledge. Yet this word already had a place in the organization of everyday life and in ordinary English language usage. This book explains how the idea of race became so important in the USA, generating conceptual confusion that can now be clarified. Developing an international approach, it reviews references to "race," "racism," and "ethnicity" in sociology, anthropology, philosophy, and comparative politics and identifies promising lines of research that may make it possible to supersede misleading notions of race in the social sciences.

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Preface Introduction: The Paradox Chapter 1. The Scientific Sources of the Paradox Two dimensions Taxonomy Typology Darwin and Mendel Two Vocabularies The Power of the Ordinary Language Construct Chapter 2. The Political Sources of the Paradox Social Categories and Their Names After the Civil War Discrimination The 'One-Drop' Rule Counter Trends Chapter 3. International Pragmatism The Racial Convention Implementing the Convention Other International Action Naming the Categories Chapter 4. Sociological Knowledge Theoretical or Practical? The Chicago School In World Perspective Social Race? Chapter 5. Conceptions of Racism Writing History Teaching Philosophy Teaching Sociology Sociological Textbooks Political Ends Chapter 6. Ethnic Origin and Ethnicity Census categories Anthropology A New Reality? Nomenclature Sociobiology Ethnic Origin as a Social Sign Comparative Politics The Current Sociology of Ethnicity Chapter 7. Collective Action The Rediscovery of Weber's 1911 Notes Four Propositions Closure The Human Capital Variable The Colour Variable Ethnic Preferences Opening relationships Conclusion: The Paradox Resolved Select Bibliography Index

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