In What Sense Exactly Did Christianity Give Us Racial Science?
In my contribution to the interdisciplinary discussion of Terence Keel's study on the Christian roots of modern racial science, I focus on its philosophical assumptions and implications. My primary concern is to relate the findings of this study to recent appraisals of the philosophical notion...
| Subtitles: | TERENCE KEEL'S DIVINE VARIATIONS: A SYMPOSIUM |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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| In: |
Zygon
Year: 2019, Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 230-236 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Christianity
/ Racial theory
/ Natural sciences
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| Further subjects: | B
Jürgen Habermas
B reoccupation B Modernity B Historicism B Secularism |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | In my contribution to the interdisciplinary discussion of Terence Keel's study on the Christian roots of modern racial science, I focus on its philosophical assumptions and implications. My primary concern is to relate the findings of this study to recent appraisals of the philosophical notion of a secularized Western modernity. I raise a twofold question: in what sense can one say that traditional Christianity links intimately to modern racial science, and which historiographical decisions inform the substantiation of such links? |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12488 |
