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...
| Autres titres: | TERENCE KEEL'S DIVINE VARIATIONS: A SYMPOSIUM |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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| Dans: |
Zygon
Année: 2019, Volume: 54, Numéro: 1, Pages: 230-236 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Christianisme
/ Théorie de la race
/ Sciences de la nature
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Jürgen Habermas
B reoccupation B Modernity B Historicism B Secularism |
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| Résumé: | 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 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12488 |