Man’s Most Dangerous Myth: The Fallacy of Race
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Man’s Most Dangerous Myth: The Fallacy of Race is a landmark 1942 book by anthropologist Ashley Montagu that argues race is a social myth rather than a biological reality and critiques racism using scientific evidence.
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| instanceOf |
anthropology book
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book → non-fiction book → |
| addresses |
moral implications of racism
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social consequences of racial thinking → |
| aim |
to critique racism using scientific evidence
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to refute the biological concept of race → |
| arguesAgainst |
biological determinism
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the existence of discrete human races → |
| author |
Ashley Montagu
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| critiques |
eugenics
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racial classification systems → scientific racism → |
| discipline |
anthropology
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| genre |
anthropology
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social science → |
| hasEdition |
revised editions published after 1942
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| impact |
contributed to the delegitimization of scientific racism
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influenced postwar discussions on race and racism → |
| influencedBy |
Boasian anthropology
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Franz Boas NERFINISHED → |
| language |
English
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| mainSubject |
human variation
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race → racism → social construction of race → |
| notableFor |
being an early comprehensive critique of race as a biological category
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popularizing the idea that race is a social construct → |
| positionOnHumanity |
all humans belong to a single species with continuous variation
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| positionOnRace |
race is an invalid biological concept
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racial categories are historically and socially constructed → |
| publicationYear |
1942
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| relatedTo |
UNESCO statements on race
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| supports |
the idea that cultural and environmental factors explain human differences
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the view that humanity is a single species → |
| targetAudience |
general educated readers
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students of anthropology and social sciences → |
| thesis |
biological evidence does not support the concept of distinct human races
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race is a social myth rather than a biological reality → racism is based on pseudoscientific assumptions → |
| timePeriodAddressed |
early 20th century racial theories
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| usesEvidenceFrom |
biology
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genetics → physical anthropology → social science → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Ashley Montagu
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