The Blinding Light of Race: Race and Racism in Western Society, Volume 1

Auteur

Michael L. Blakey, National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Anthropology, Africana Studies, and American Studies and Director of the Institute for Historical Biology, is a leading anthropologist at William & Mary, whose training and productive research career (80 publications in major journals) integrates human biology, history, and culture, including critical writings on the history and philosophy of science. He is the recipient of many awards, including the President's Award of the American Anthropological Association, the Legacy Award of the Association of Black Anthropologists, an Honorary Doctor of Science from CUNY, and the Plumeri Award.

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In the first volume of three, Anthropology and Slavery at the Dawn of White Supremacy, Michael Blakey discusses both the background and function of anthropological racism as he questions whether racism has always been with us.

Résumé
In the first volume of three, Anthropology and Slavery at the Dawn of White Supremacy, Michael Blakey discusses both the background and function of anthropological racism as he questions whether racism has always been with us.

Contenu

Foreword by Johnetta B. Cole
Preface**Acknowledgements

1. Introduction
2. Pre-Dawn
3. Twilight
4. The Dawn of a New World
5. A New Day
6. Ambient Light
7. Returning to the Americas
8. The First Reconstruction and its Demise
9. The Rise of a Social Darwinism, its Precedent and Antitheses

Prospectus to Volume IIGlossaryReferences