Kant and the Concept of Race - Late Eighteenth-century Writings

Informationen zum Autor Jon M. Mikkelsen is Professor of Philosophy at Missouri Western State University. Klappentext Late eighteenth-century writings on race by Kant and four of his contemporaries. Kant and the Concept of Race features translations of four texts by Immanuel Kant frequently designated his Racenschriften (race essays), in which he develops and defends an early theory of race. Also included are translations of essays by four of Kants contemporariesE. A. W. Zimmerman, Georg Forster, Christoph Meiners, and Christoph Girtannerwhich illustrate that Kants interest in the subject of race was part of a larger discussion about human differences, one that impacted the development of scientific fields ranging from natural history to physical anthropology to biology.

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• Authors: Jon M. (TRN) Mikkelsen
• Assisted by: Jon M Mikkelsen (Editor), Jon M Mikkelsen (Translation), Jon M. Mikkelsen (Translation)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2012
• EAN: 9781438443614
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-4361-4
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: SUNY Series, Philosophy and Ra; SUNY Series, Philosophy and Ra
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology