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The Meaning of Race - Race, History and Culture in Western Society (Paperback)
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The Meaning of Race - Race, History and Culture in Western Society (Paperback)
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Kenan Malik has done the almost impossible: written a clear and
dispassionate book about a murky and passionate subject. He shows
how the old errors and lies about race, class and genes have been
reborn wearing a new disguise. If you believed The Bell Curve, this
book will change your mind.' - Professor Steve Jones, author, The
Language of The Genes and In the Blood; Illuminating, often
provocative, and always stimulating, The Meaning of Race reveals
how central race is to our ways of thinking and doing, so central
that we do not often recognise it as such.' - Marek Kohn, author,
The Race Gallery; Kenan Malik's exploration of the race question'
is timely and incisive. Read it and be challenged.' - A Sivanandan,
editor, Race and Class;In The Meaning of Race, Kenan Malik throws
new light on the nature and origins of ideas of racial difference.
He reconstructs the evolution of the modern discourse of race and
investigates its meaning in contemporary society. Arguing that the
concept of 'race' is a means through which Western society has come
to understand the relationship between humanity, society and
nature, the book re-examines the relationship between Enlightenment
thought and ra
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