Race: Science and Politics

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Race: Science and Politics is a mid-20th-century work of cultural anthropology that critiques scientific racism and argues that race is a social, not biological, construct.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
non-fiction book
work of cultural anthropology
about biological determinism
civil rights discourse
colonialism and race
ethnicity
eugenics
history of racial science
human variation
ideology of race
nation and nationalism
politics of race
power and domination
racial classification
racism
social inequality
social stratification
aim to challenge scientific racism
to demonstrate the social nature of race
to influence public and political debates on race
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
discipline anthropology
political science
sociology
fieldOfWork cultural anthropology
history of science
race studies
genre anthropology literature
political non-fiction
social science literature
hasForm monograph
intendedAudience academics
general educated public
policy makers
language English
mainSubject race
scientific racism
social construction of race
perspective anti-racist
constructivist view of race
critical of biological essentialism
positionHeld critique of scientific racism
race is a social construct
race is not a valid biological category
publicationPeriod mid-20th century
workType critical essay collection
theoretical analysis

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Ruth Benedict authorOf Race: Science and Politics