| 单词 | race science |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrace science race science n. †(a) (originally) the study of racial or ethnic groups by anthropologists and biologists (obsolete); (b) (later) the use of (pseudo-)scientific evidence to justify or disguise racist views; = scientific racism n.Early 20th century adherents of ‘race science’ (in sense (b)) maintained that different racial groups could be categorized as superior or inferior according to the physical, behavioural, intellectual, and moral capacities (supposedly) innate in their members. These theories and beliefs have been discredited as unscientific and racially biased, but are still embraced by some (esp. right-wing) political groups. [Compare German Rassenwissenschaft (1872 or earlier; especially common in the 1930s).] ΘΚΠ the world > people > science of mankind > [noun] > anthropology anthropology1655 race science1873 anthro1929 the world > people > ethnicities > race > ethnoscience > [noun] ethnology1787 ethnography1811 race science1873 ethnolinguistics1920 ethnoscience1956 society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > racism > race theory race theory1855 race science1935 1873 C. Knight Eng. Cycl.: Arts & Sci. Suppl. 911/1 Those persons who believe that all mankind have descended from a single primitive pair, and therefore consist of but one race, must regard ethnology—that is, race-science—and anthropology as synonymous. 1935 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 182 161/2 Efforts have..been made to reduce and simplify the school curriculum [in Nazi Germany]..and to place the emphasis on those subjects which are more emotional than intellectual in their influence..[such as] the mother tongue, history, biology and race science, and physical training. 2018 Guardian (Nexis) 2 Mar. Although race science has been repeatedly debunked by scholarly research, in recent years it has made a comeback. Many of the keenest promoters of race science today are stars of the ‘alt-right’, who like to use pseudoscience to lend intellectual justification to ethno-nationalist politics. < as lemmas |
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