Is science racist? /

Is science racist? /

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Author / Creator:	Marks, Jonathan (Jonathan M.), 1955- author.
Imprint:	Malden, MA : Polity, 2017. ©2017
Description:	viii, 142 pages ; 20 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Debating race Debating race series.
Subject:	Social sciences -- Moral and ethical aspects. Science -- Moral and ethical aspects. Race discrimination. Race discrimination. Science -- Moral and ethical aspects. Social sciences -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11018567

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ISBN:	9780745689210 0745689213 9780745689227 0745689221
Notes:	How science invented race -- Science, race, and genomics -- Racism and biomedical science -- What we know, and why it matters. Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-138) and index.
Summary:	"Every arena of science has its own set of ethical issues ? chemistry and poison gas, physics and the atom bomb ? and genetics has had a troubled history with race. As Jonathan Marks reveals, this dangerous relationship rumbles on to this day, still leaving plenty of leeway for a belief in the basic natural inequality of races. The eugenic science of the early twentieth century and the commodified genomic science of today are unified by the mistaken belief that human races are naturalistic categories. Yet their boundaries are founded neither in biology nor genetics and, not being a formal scientific concept, race is largely not accessible to the scientist. As Marks argues, race can only be grasped through the humanities: historically, experientially, politically. This wise, witty essay explores the persistence and legacy of scientific racism, which misappropriates the authority of science and undermines it by converting it into a social weapon"--
Other form:	Online version: Marks, Jonathan (Jonathan M.), 1955- author. Is science racist? Malden, MA : Polity, 2017 9780745689234
Standard no.:	40026924948

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Summary:	Every arena of science has its own flash-point issues--chemistry and poison gas, physics and the atom bomb--and genetics has had a troubled history with race. As Jonathan Marks reveals, this dangerous relationship rumbles on to this day, still leaving plenty of leeway for a belief in the basic natural inequality of races. The eugenic science of the early twentieth century and the commodified genomic science of today are unified by the mistaken belief that human races are naturalistic categories. Yet their boundaries are founded neither in biology nor in genetics and, not being a formal scientific concept, race is largely not accessible to the scientist. As Marks argues, race can only be grasped through the humanities: historically, experientially, politically. This wise, witty essay explores the persistence and legacy of scientific racism, which misappropriates the authority of science and undermines it by converting it into a social weapon.
Item Description:	How science invented race -- Science, race, and genomics -- Racism and biomedical science -- What we know, and why it matters.
Physical Description:	viii, 142 pages ; 20 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-138) and index.
ISBN:	9780745689210 0745689213 9780745689227 0745689221