Philosophy

Nature, Human Nature, and Human Difference: Race in Early Modern Philosophy

     * Justin E. H. Smith
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   philosophical and natural-scientific texts, dating from the Spanish
   Renaissance to the German Enlightenment, Nature, Human Nature, and
   Human Difference charts the evolution of the modern concept of race and
   shows that natural philosophy, particularly efforts to taxonomize and
   to order nature, played a crucial role.
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   to racial typing, racial profiling, prejudice, and implicit bias. . . .
   This is a valuable book for those interested in philosophy, sociology,
   cultural studies and multiculturalism, the history of race, and the
   history of natural science and anthropology."—Choice

   "It is a study that I would recommend for all those interested in
   developing a better understanding of the origins of ideas about human
   diversity and race in modern thought."—John Solomos, Renaissance
   Quarterly

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   throughout."—Bernard Boxill, Journal of the History of Philosophy

   "Smith's survey of the race concept in the early modern period is
   original, provocative, and stimulating all at once, balancing a sharp
   awareness of the enormous damage that the idea of racial divisions has
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   understanding of humanity’s place in the natural world. His study is a
   powerful demonstration of the role history can play in raising ethical
   awareness of such dangerous and tenacious concepts as race."—Devin
   Vartija, Isis

   "Combining philosophical and historical analysis and a mine of
   research, this book documents the evolution of the race construct in
   the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. At a time when the philosophy
   of race is vigorously reinventing itself, Justin Smith provides readers
   with an insightful foray into the modern European mindset constructing
   non-European otherness."—Koffi N. Maglo, University of Cincinnati

   "Charting the discourse on human race in early modern philosophy, this
   book makes important contributions to the history and philosophy of
   race—a subject that continues to haunt contemporary debates. Smith
   covers an exceedingly complex terrain of disparate ideas and arguments,
   stretching across centuries and a wide range of national contexts. This
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