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Poskett, James (2021) Racial science. In: Goss, Andrew, (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Science and Empire. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN 9780367221256
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Abstract
This chapter situates the history of racial science within a global history of empire. It covers the growth of Atlantic slavery, the development of colonial and settler societies, as well as the period of anticolonialism and decolonisation. Drawing on examples from the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, the focus of the chapter is on the colonial world rather than the metropole. Throughout, I emphasise the agency of colonised and enslaved people in the history of racial science. I also cover a broad range of racial sciences, from anthropology and phrenology through to psychology and statistics. Overall, the chapter makes the case that we need to move beyond the existing intellectual history of race. Instead, the history of scientific racism is best understood as part of the history of particular sites, technologies, and practices. The chapter concludes with a reflection on relationship between science and race in the present, particularly in relation to machine learning and genetic testing.
| Item Type: | Book Item | ||||||
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Racism in anthropology , Race discrimination, Ethnology | ||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
| Place of Publication: | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY | ||||||
| ISBN: | 9780367221256 | ||||||
| Book Title: | Routledge Handbook of Science and Empire | ||||||
| Editor: | Goss, Andrew | ||||||
| Official Date: | 6 July 2021 | ||||||
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| Number of Pages: | 456 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | "This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Routledge Handbook of Science and Empire on 06/07/2021, available online: https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Science-and-Empire/Goss/p/book/9780367221256 | ||||||
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright Year 2021 | ||||||
| Description: | new edition |
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 14 December 2020 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 2 March 2021 | ||||||
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