Johann Friedrich Blumenbach: Race and Natural History, 1750-1850

ISBN-13: 9781138738423 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 264 str.

Nicolaas Rupke; Gerhard Lauer

Opis

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.This collection of essays considers how, with Blumenbach and around him, the study of natural history and, by extension, that of science came to dominate the Western discourse of race.

O autorze

Nicolaas Rupke is Professor Emeritus of the History of Science at the University of Göttingen, Germany, and Rupert H. Johnson Jr. Professorat Washington and Lee University, USA. Gerhard Lauer is Professorof Digital Humanities at the University of Basel, Switzerland, and the current director of the Blumenbach – Online project.