Personality & Identity Psychology, Ethnic & Race Relations - General, United States - Ethnic & Race Relations, Social Psychology, African Americans - General & Miscellaneous, Race, Developmental Psychology
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Overview
Opposing the denial of race differences and the claim that they do not matter anyway, Michael Levin explains why these differences do matter. He summarizes what has been written about the differences in intelligence and temperament, and, more important, explores their larger significance. Finding significant genetic difference between races, Levin unflinchingly considers the broad social and philosophical implications of these variations. No one making an effort to think clearly about race can ignore Why Race Matters.Editorials
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Levin (philosophy, U. of New York) argues that measured differences between races are not neutral but undermine just about everything that has been said about race for the past 60 years and the public policies that are based on the assertion that they are. Focusing primarily but not exclusively on the US, he summarizes differences in intelligence and temperament, genetic factors, determinism, reductionism, reification, values, and the implications for justice and crime. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
June 1, 1997
Publisher
Greenwood Press
Pages
415
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780275957896