This open access book examines the web of scientific, cultural, and
political interests that influenced the writing of The Bell Curve:
Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life and the
contemporary currents that keep this controversial book in
discussion. Published in 1994, The Bell Curve remains one of the
most controversial social science books ever published due to its
claim for genetic differences in intelligence among races which,
while it repulsed many, resonated in some audiences and remains a
touchstone in the social sciences today. Professor Tucker opens
with an analysis of the role of race in The Bell Curve that
provides a strong counter to the author’s claims that race played
a minor role in the book or that it was agnostic to the question of
the role of biology in causing race differences in education,
intelligence, and socioeconomic success. He moves on to consider
its emphasis on meritocracy, situating it within the history of
Herrnstein’s own intellectual trajectory, as well as the
connections to eugenics and psychology in the early 20th
century. In the remaining chapters Professor Tucker examines
The Bell Curve as part of an ongoing political project including a
discussion of the way in which the attitudes fostered by the book
can be seen to have played a role in the 2016 US election. It
argues that by focusing attention exclusively on individual
differences in cognitive ability as the source of inequality, it
diverts attention from the more important structural variables that
account for differences in people’s economic outcomes. This
compelling analysis will appeal in particular to scholars and
those with an interest in the history of scientific racism, the
history of psychology and the sociology of knowledge and
science.This is an open access book.
General
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan
|
| Country of origin: |
Switzerland |
| Series: |
Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology |
| Release date: |
October 2023 |
| First published: |
2024 |
| Authors: |
William H. Tucker
|
| Dimensions: |
210 x 148mm (L x W) |
| Edition: |
1st ed. 2024 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-3-03-141613-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
3-03-141613-9 |
| Barcode: |
9783031416132 |
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