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Ideas of 'Race' in the History of the Humanities
Amos . Ed(S): Morris-Reich
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Hardback. Editor(s): Morris-Reich, Amos. Series: Palgrave Critical Studies of Antisemitism and Racism. Num Pages: 316 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBWQ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This volume is concerned with the hitherto neglected role of the humanities in the histories of the idea of race. Its aim is to begin to fill in this significant lacuna. If, in the decades following World War II and the Holocaust – years that witnessed European decolonization and the African-American civil rights movement – the concept of ‘race’ slowly but surely lost its legitimacy as a cultural, political and scientific category, for much of the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century concepts of race enjoyed widespread currency in numerous fields of knowledge such as the history ... Read more
This volume is concerned with the hitherto neglected role of the humanities in the histories of the idea of race. Its aim is to begin to fill in this significant lacuna. If, in the decades following World War II and the Holocaust – years that witnessed European decolonization and the African-American civil rights movement – the concept of ‘race’ slowly but surely lost its legitimacy as a cultural, political and scientific category, for much of the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century concepts of race enjoyed widespread currency in numerous fields of knowledge such as the history ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Critical Studies of Antisemitism and Racism
Number of Pages
337
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319499529
SKU
V9783319499529
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About Amos . Ed(S): Morris-Reich
Amos Morris-Reich is Professor in the Department of Jewish History and Thought and Director of Bucerius Institute for the Research of Contemporary German History and Society at the University of Haifa, Israel. Past publications include The Quest for Jewish Assimilation in Modern Social Science (2008) and Race and Photography: Racial Photography as Scientific Evidence, 1876-1980 (2016). Dirk Rupnow is Professor ... Read more
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