Leonard Lieberman
Biographic Data
| ID | 96348 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leonard Lieberman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leonard |
| FAMILY NAME | Lieberman |
| SIGNATURE | LIEBERMAN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Central Michigan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 253 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 36 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
How to Combat “Intelligent Design” in the Classroom: A “Panel Discussion
Are Physical Anthropology Textbooks Color-Blind
Race: The Reality of Human Differences
Ethical Currents: Race: Concept or Syndrome
What Should We Teach about the concept of Race
The decline of race in American physical anthropology
This paper is a review of how and why the race concept has changed in the United States during the 20th century. In the 19th century the concept of race provided the unchallenged folk taxonomy and the prevailing scientific paradigm for placing human biological and cultural variation into categories called races. At the height of the eugenic and anti-immigration movement of the early decades of the 20th century, Boas and his students began the cri…
Perishing Paradigm: Race-1931-99
Authors of three studies (Leonard Lieberman, Blaine W. Stevenson, Larry T. Reynolds, and Matt Cartmill) agree that the concept of race has approached its lowest level of acceptance in a century. However, one of the studies (that of Cartmill) seems to show no significant change from 1965 to 1996. We analyze this paradox in terms of possible differences in the populations studied. [Keywords: race, physical anthropology, variation
From Student Resistance to Embracing the Sociological Imagination: Unmasking Privilege, Social Conventions, and Racism
A crucial task of introductory sociology courses is to teach students the meaning and value of the sociological imagination. While this task is daunting under typical circumstances, it is more difficult when instructors are committed to raising students' critical awareness of social conventions that maintain systems of racial oppression. In this paper, we discuss our experiences with teaching this aspect of the sociological imagination to a group…
Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We're Afraid to Talk about It
Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We're Afraid to Talk about It. John Entine. New York: Public Affairs, 2000. 387 pp
How "Caucasoids" Got Such Big Crania and Why They Shrank: From Morton to Rushton
In the 19th century measurements of cranial capacity by Morton and others supported a Caucasoid > Mongoloid > Negroid hierarchy of intelligence. This continued through most of the 20th century but was challenged by a nonhierarchical view originating with Boas. Beginning in the 1980s Rushton correlated cranial and IQ measurements and presented a hierarchy with Mongoloids at the top. Each of these periods relates to its social context: the 19thcent…
Students Discover “Scholarly Malfeasance” for Selves
Scientific Insignificance
Rushton Deserves More than Piltdown Award
From Savage to Negro: Anthropology and the Construction of Race, 1896-1954
Out of Our Skulls: Caucasoid, Mongoloid, Negroid
Race and Other Misadventures: Essays in Honor of Ashley Montagu in His Ninetieth Year
Gender and the Deconstruction nf the Race Concept
Consensus over the utility and validity of the race concept no longer exists in anthropology. More anthropologists today reject the concept than accept it. Women have played a significant role in the concept's deconstruction. Factors that have contributed to this change include the discipline's concepts, traditions, and domain; new data; new research paradigms; feminist viewpoints; biographical histories; and the external social milieu
Herrnstein and Murray, Inc: IQs 'R Us
The basic claims of The Bell Curve are contradicted. Studies are reviewed indicating that consensus does not exist that IQ tests measure intelligence. When sociocultural environment was held constant, differences in measured intelligence between groups were not present. Claims of 60% within group heritability are based on twin studies where a significant number of separated twins were reared in similar environments. Degree of African or European …
An Attempted Revival of the Race Concept: The Evolution of Racism: Human Differences and the Use and Abuse of Science. Pat Shipman
Race and Three Models of Human Origin
The future of the race concept depends in part upon the interpretations made of the molecular, biochemical, and anatomical evidence for the recent origins of Homo sapiens. Evidence of the decline of the concept among physical anthropology professors and in texts and research publications is presented, along with four reasons for the change. Three models regarding recent human origins are reviewed, each of which uses race as a descriptive term for…
An Interview with Ashley Montagu
Race and Racism in America and in Anthropology
Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a Worldview. Audrey SmedleyAnthropology and Race. Eugenia Shanklin
The fitness of human sociobiology: The future utility of four concepts in four subdisciplines
Reported here are the results of a survey inquiring into the rate of acceptance of four sociobiological concepts in regard to their usefulness for future research. Included in the survey were members of four subdisciplines: animal behavior (biology), biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, and developmental psychology. Three types of institutions were included: universities, four- and five-year colleges, and community colleges. A total of…
Race and Anthropology: A Core Concept without Consensus
Race, once a core anthropological concept, is no longer supported by a majority of members of the discipline. The history of the concept is briefly reviewed. Results of a survey are presented indicating acceptance by 50% of biological anthropologists and 31% of cultural anthropologists, while 42% of the former and 52% of the latter reject the concept. Alternatives for teaching about human biological and cultural variation are discussed. Ethnicity…
A Discipline Divided: Acceptance of Human Sociobiological Concepts in Anthropology
Redefining Race: The Potential Demise of a Concept in Physical Anthropology [and Comments and Reply]
Analysis of physical anthropology textbooks published in the United States in the years 1932-79 reveals a significant decline in support for the race concept, expecially in the 1970s. Before 1970 the great majority of texts expressed the view that races exist and that the race concept is a valid tool for the description and study of human variation. In the 1970s an increasing proportion of texts rejected the race concept, with the no-race view be…
From Student Resistance to Embracing the Sociological Imagination: Unmasking Privilege, Social Conventions, and Racism
A crucial task of introductory sociology courses is to teach students the meaning and value of the sociological imagination. While this task is daunting under typical circumstances, it is more difficult when instructors are committed to raising students' critical awareness of social conventions that maintain systems of racial oppression. In this paper, we discuss our experiences with teaching this aspect of the sociological imagination to a group…
Race and Three Models of Human Origin
The future of the race concept depends in part upon the interpretations made of the molecular, biochemical, and anatomical evidence for the recent origins of Homo sapiens. Evidence of the decline of the concept among physical anthropology professors and in texts and research publications is presented, along with four reasons for the change. Three models regarding recent human origins are reviewed, each of which uses race as a descriptive term for…
Race and Anthropology: A Core Concept without Consensus
Race, once a core anthropological concept, is no longer supported by a majority of members of the discipline. The history of the concept is briefly reviewed. Results of a survey are presented indicating acceptance by 50% of biological anthropologists and 31% of cultural anthropologists, while 42% of the former and 52% of the latter reject the concept. Alternatives for teaching about human biological and cultural variation are discussed. Ethnicity…
Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We're Afraid to Talk about It
Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We're Afraid to Talk about It. John Entine. New York: Public Affairs, 2000. 387 pp
Perishing Paradigm: Race-1931-99
Authors of three studies (Leonard Lieberman, Blaine W. Stevenson, Larry T. Reynolds, and Matt Cartmill) agree that the concept of race has approached its lowest level of acceptance in a century. However, one of the studies (that of Cartmill) seems to show no significant change from 1965 to 1996. We analyze this paradox in terms of possible differences in the populations studied. [Keywords: race, physical anthropology, variation
Race and Other Misadventures: Essays in Honor of Ashley Montagu in His Ninetieth Year
Gender and the Deconstruction nf the Race Concept
Consensus over the utility and validity of the race concept no longer exists in anthropology. More anthropologists today reject the concept than accept it. Women have played a significant role in the concept's deconstruction. Factors that have contributed to this change include the discipline's concepts, traditions, and domain; new data; new research paradigms; feminist viewpoints; biographical histories; and the external social milieu
A Discipline Divided: Acceptance of Human Sociobiological Concepts in Anthropology
How "Caucasoids" Got Such Big Crania and Why They Shrank: From Morton to Rushton
In the 19th century measurements of cranial capacity by Morton and others supported a Caucasoid > Mongoloid > Negroid hierarchy of intelligence. This continued through most of the 20th century but was challenged by a nonhierarchical view originating with Boas. Beginning in the 1980s Rushton correlated cranial and IQ measurements and presented a hierarchy with Mongoloids at the top. Each of these periods relates to its social context: the 19thcent…
Race: The Reality of Human Differences
An Interview with Ashley Montagu
The decline of race in American physical anthropology
This paper is a review of how and why the race concept has changed in the United States during the 20th century. In the 19th century the concept of race provided the unchallenged folk taxonomy and the prevailing scientific paradigm for placing human biological and cultural variation into categories called races. At the height of the eugenic and anti-immigration movement of the early decades of the 20th century, Boas and his students began the cri…
Out of Our Skulls: Caucasoid, Mongoloid, Negroid
An Attempted Revival of the Race Concept: The Evolution of Racism: Human Differences and the Use and Abuse of Science. Pat Shipman
What Should We Teach about the concept of Race
Herrnstein and Murray, Inc: IQs 'R Us
The basic claims of The Bell Curve are contradicted. Studies are reviewed indicating that consensus does not exist that IQ tests measure intelligence. When sociocultural environment was held constant, differences in measured intelligence between groups were not present. Claims of 60% within group heritability are based on twin studies where a significant number of separated twins were reared in similar environments. Degree of African or European …
Race and Racism in America and in Anthropology
Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a Worldview. Audrey SmedleyAnthropology and Race. Eugenia Shanklin
Race and Racism in Science and Society
Atomism and Mobility among Underclass Chippewas and Whites
Chippewas and whites of underclass background were studied in order to identify possible differences in the frequency of atomism in the two populations and to determine the effect of any such differences on mobility after training. Comparative data were gathered through observations, use of training center case records, and through interviews conducted both prior to leaving training and one year after training was terminated.It was concluded that…
The Debate over Race: A Study in the Sociology of Knowledge
A Death in the Sanchez Family
Psychological Factors in Poverty
Atomism and Mobility among Underclass Chippewas and Whites
Chippewas and whites of underclass background were studied in order to identify possible differences in the frequency of atomism in the two populations and to determine the effect of any such differences on mobility after training. Comparative data were gathered through observations, use of training center case records, and through interviews conducted both prior to leaving training and one year after training was terminated.It was concluded that…
Job Mobility of Chippewa and Poor White
The Family in the Tube: Potential Uses of Television
It is proposed that television programs be utilized in classes on the family. The utility of program content is critically discussed. Also considered are methods for classroom use, and problems of access to program material. Recommendations are made for section meetings at NCFR, and other national organizations where those concerned can communicate about the problems of use and access. Also suggested is a campaign to assure access to program mate…
The Debate over Race Revisited: An Empirical Investigation
The Black Family: Essays and Studies, 2nd ed
Redefining Race: The Potential Demise of a Concept in Physical Anthropology [and Comments and Reply]
Analysis of physical anthropology textbooks published in the United States in the years 1932-79 reveals a significant decline in support for the race concept, expecially in the 1970s. Before 1970 the great majority of texts expressed the view that races exist and that the race concept is a valid tool for the description and study of human variation. In the 1970s an increasing proportion of texts rejected the race concept, with the no-race view be…
Race and Racism in Science and Society
Husband-Wife Interaction in Second Careers
A typology of husband-wife interaction is developed from interviews with 68 currently married artists age 50 or older who were engaged in art and craft fairs as a second career. The study provides an example of the linkages between work and family by indicating the extent to which the nature of work can influence the interactions of husbands and wives and the way in which husband-wife interactions can support work activities
Race and Anthropology: A Core Concept without Consensus
Race, once a core anthropological concept, is no longer supported by a majority of members of the discipline. The history of the concept is briefly reviewed. Results of a survey are presented indicating acceptance by 50% of biological anthropologists and 31% of cultural anthropologists, while 42% of the former and 52% of the latter reject the concept. Alternatives for teaching about human biological and cultural variation are discussed. Ethnicity…
A Discipline Divided: Acceptance of Human Sociobiological Concepts in Anthropology
The fitness of human sociobiology: The future utility of four concepts in four subdisciplines
Reported here are the results of a survey inquiring into the rate of acceptance of four sociobiological concepts in regard to their usefulness for future research. Included in the survey were members of four subdisciplines: animal behavior (biology), biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, and developmental psychology. Three types of institutions were included: universities, four- and five-year colleges, and community colleges. A total of…
Race and Racism in America and in Anthropology
Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a Worldview. Audrey SmedleyAnthropology and Race. Eugenia Shanklin
Herrnstein and Murray, Inc: IQs 'R Us
The basic claims of The Bell Curve are contradicted. Studies are reviewed indicating that consensus does not exist that IQ tests measure intelligence. When sociocultural environment was held constant, differences in measured intelligence between groups were not present. Claims of 60% within group heritability are based on twin studies where a significant number of separated twins were reared in similar environments. Degree of African or European …
An Attempted Revival of the Race Concept: The Evolution of Racism: Human Differences and the Use and Abuse of Science. Pat Shipman
Race and Three Models of Human Origin
The future of the race concept depends in part upon the interpretations made of the molecular, biochemical, and anatomical evidence for the recent origins of Homo sapiens. Evidence of the decline of the concept among physical anthropology professors and in texts and research publications is presented, along with four reasons for the change. Three models regarding recent human origins are reviewed, each of which uses race as a descriptive term for…
An Interview with Ashley Montagu
Out of Our Skulls: Caucasoid, Mongoloid, Negroid
Race and Other Misadventures: Essays in Honor of Ashley Montagu in His Ninetieth Year
Gender and the Deconstruction nf the Race Concept
Consensus over the utility and validity of the race concept no longer exists in anthropology. More anthropologists today reject the concept than accept it. Women have played a significant role in the concept's deconstruction. Factors that have contributed to this change include the discipline's concepts, traditions, and domain; new data; new research paradigms; feminist viewpoints; biographical histories; and the external social milieu
Scientific Insignificance
Rushton Deserves More than Piltdown Award
From Savage to Negro: Anthropology and the Construction of Race, 1896-1954
Sociology (29 works) · Gender Studies (19 works) · Anthropology (15 works) · Gender Studies (13 works) · Race (biology (13 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (10 works) · History (9 works) · Race, Genetics, and Society (9 works) · Citation (8 works)