Kant and the concept of race : late eighteenth-century writings / translated and edited by Jon M. Mikkelsen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mikkelsen, Jon M.

Series:

SUNY Series, Philosophy and Race

SUNY series, philosophy and race

SUNY series, Philosophy and Race

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Race--Philosophy.

Race.

Race--Study and teaching.

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804--Views on race.

Kant, Immanuel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (387 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Kant and the Concept of Race features translations of four texts by Immanuel Kant frequently designated his Racenschriften (race essays), in which he develops and defends an early theory of race. Also included are translations of essays by four of Kant's contemporaries—E. A. W. Zimmermann, Georg Forster, Christoph Meiners, and Christoph Girtanner—which illustrate that Kant's interest in the subject of race was part of a larger discussion about human "differences," one that impacted the development of scientific fields ranging from natural history to physical anthropology to biology.

Contents:

Of the different human races: an announcement for lectures in physical geography in the summer semester 1775 / Immanuel Kant

Of the different human races / Immanuel Kant

From geographical history of human beings and the universally dispersed quadrupeds / E.A.W. Zimmerman

Determination of the concept of a human race / Immanuel Kant

Something more about the human races / Georg Forster

On the use of teleological principles in philosophy / Immanuel Kant

Of the varieties and deviate forms of Negroes / Christoph Meiners

From concerning the Kantian principle in natural history: an attempt to treat this science philosophically / Christoph Girtanner.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Contains:

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804. Works. Selections. English. 2012.

ISBN:

9781461943129

1461943124

9781438443638

1438443633

OCLC:

861528223