Race and IQ, Expanded Edition

ISBN-13: 9780195102208 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 496 str.

Ashley Montagu

Opis

In now classic essays, this thought-provoking volume critically examin es the terms "race" and "IQ" and their applications in scientific disc ourse. The twenty-four contributors--including such eminent thinkers a s Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Lewontin, Urie Bronfenbrenner, W.F. Bodme r, and Jerome Kagan--draw on fields that range from biology and geneti cs to psychology, anthropology, and education. What emerges in piece a fter piece is a deep skepticism about the scientific validity of intel ligence tests, especially as applied to evaluating innate intelligence, if only because scientists still cannot distinguish between genetic and environmental contributions to the development of the human mind. Five new essays have been included that specifically address the claim s made in the recent, highly controversial book, The Bell Curve.

O autorze

Ashley Montagu is a distinguished anthropologist and author of over 40 books, including The Nature of Human Agression, Statement on Race, and Science and Creationism.