The Equality of the Human Races

作者:Firmin, Joseph-Antenor/ Charles, Asselin (TRN)/ Firmin, Antenor

页数:536

译者:Asselin, Charles

出版时间:2002-10

价格:$ 36.16

isbn号码:9780252071027

图书标签:海地法语思想平等人类学RacesHaïtiFrench

This is the first paperback edition of the only English-language translation of the Haitian scholar Antnor Firmin's The Equality of the Human Races, a foundational text in critical anthropology first published in 1885 when anthropology was just emerging as a specialized field of study. Marginalized for its "radical" position that the human races were equal, Firmin's lucid and persuasive treatise was decades ahead of its time. Arguing that the equality of the races could be demonstrated through a positivist scientific approach, Firmin challenged racist writings and the dominant views of the day. Translated by Asselin Charles and framed by Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban's substantial introduction, this rediscovered text is an important contribution to contemporary scholarship in anthropology, pan-African studies, and colonial and postcolonial studies.