Response to My Critics: The Life of Christian Racial Forms in Modern Science
In what follows, I first deal with some of the major philosophical objections raised against my claim that Christian thought has given us racial science. Then, I take on points of dispute surrounding my use of Hans Blumenberg's notion of reoccupation to explain the recurrence of Christian forms...
Subtitles: | TERENCE KEEL'S DIVINE VARIATIONS: A SYMPOSIUM |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2019]
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Zygon
Year: 2019, Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 261-279 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Natural sciences
/ Christianity
/ Race
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Further subjects: | B
Determinism
B Epistemology B philosophy of science B Interdisciplinarity B Genetics B Biology B Christianity B Creator B God B Culture |
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Summary: | In what follows, I first deal with some of the major philosophical objections raised against my claim that Christian thought has given us racial science. Then, I take on points of dispute surrounding my use of Hans Blumenberg's notion of reoccupation to explain the recurrence of Christian forms within modern scientific thinking. Finally, I address some historiographic issues surrounding my assessment of Johann Blumenbach and the origins of racial science. |
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ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12499 |