Colonialism and enlightenment : the legacy of German race theories /

This text draws connections between imperial German colonialism and the first theories of racial difference written during the Enlightenment. The essays from new and leading scholars across several disciplines examine how skin-colour racism was first presented as a scientific way to classify humans,...

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Gespeichert in:
Hauptverfasser:
Brandt, Bettina, Purdy, Daniel L.
Weitere Verfasser:
Brandt, Bettina (HerausgeberIn), Purdy, Daniel L. (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
This text draws connections between imperial German colonialism and the first theories of racial difference written during the Enlightenment. The essays from new and leading scholars across several disciplines examine how skin-colour racism was first presented as a scientific way to classify humans, and the lasting consequences of these ideas as they reappeared over a hundred years later among colonialists and Nazis.
Umfang:
1 online resource (309 pages)
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-778504-2
0-19-778503-4
0-19-778505-0
Schlagworte:
Kant, Immanuel, > 1724-1804
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