Race and Genealogy. Buffon and the Formation of the Concept of “Race”
This article analyses the conditions of formation of the concept of “race” in natural history in the middle of the eighteenth century. Relying on the method of historical epistemology to avoid some of the aporias raised by the traditional historiography of “racism”, it focuses on the peculiarities...
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| Language: | English |
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Associazione Culturale Humana.Mente
2012-09-01
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| Series: | Humana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/174 |