Race, Changing Historical Conceptions of
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23740765 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Banton (University of Bristol, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Pages | 1-4 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118663202.wberen313 |
| OpenAlex | W2460716668 |
| ISBN | 9781118663202 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The word “race” has been used in Western European languages since the fifteenth century. The meaning given to it has changed. It was first used in the sense of “lineage.” Then, in the nineteenth century, there was a fierce dispute about whether race was equivalent to “species” or “variety” in the Linnean taxonomy. After Darwin, conceptions of race divided into the biological and the social. In the twentieth century race was replaced in biology by the concept of “phenotype.” In social life, it gave rise to the conception of “racial relations” and to the use of “race” in laws against discrimination. Its place within sociology is disputed.
Darwin (ADL) · Epistemology · Fifteenth · Genealogy · Meaning (existential) · Race (biology) · Social life · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics) · Anthropology · Classics · Gender Studies · History · Mathematics · Philosophy · Race, Genetics, and Society
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |