http://keywords.oxus.net/archives/2004/03/13/eugenics/ The personal blog of P. Kerim Friedman. Sun, 31 Jul 2011 02:00:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://keywords.oxus.net/archives/2004/03/13/eugenics/comment-page-1/#comment-430 Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog » Guns, Germs and Steel Links Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:05:45 +0000 http://keywords.oxus.net/?p=1580#comment-430 [...] If we anthropologists seem a little to ready to throw around the term “racist” it is not because we are “jealous” of other disciplines (in fact, anthropology is doing better than ever before), it is because we are all too aware of our own history as a discipline. Anthropologists were the foot-soldiers of colonialism, promoting theories of racial superiority to justify colonial expansion. As a result, we are sensitive to the ways in which specific interests can be served in the name of “objective” science. [...] [...] If we anthropologists seem a little to ready to throw around the term “racist” it is not because we are “jealous” of other disciplines (in fact, anthropology is doing better than ever before), it is because we are all too aware of our own history as a discipline. Anthropologists were the foot-soldiers of colonialism, promoting theories of racial superiority to justify colonial expansion. As a result, we are sensitive to the ways in which specific interests can be served in the name of “objective” science. [...]

]]> http://keywords.oxus.net/archives/2004/03/13/eugenics/comment-page-1/#comment-431 Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://keywords.oxus.net/?p=1580#comment-431 <!--%kramer-pre%--> of other disciplines (in fact, anthropology is doing better than ever before), it is because we are all too aware of our own history as a discipline. Anthropologists were the foot-soldiers of colonialism, promoting theories of racial superiority to justify colonial expansion. As a result, we are sensitive to the ways in which specific interests can be served in the name of “objective” science. UPDATE: Now Kevin Drum links to Brad’s Post<!--%kramer-post--> of other disciplines (in fact, anthropology is doing better than ever before), it is because we are all too aware of our own history as a discipline. Anthropologists were the foot-soldiers of colonialism, promoting theories of racial superiority to justify colonial expansion. As a result, we are sensitive to the ways in which specific interests can be served in the name of “objective” science. UPDATE: Now Kevin Drum links to Brad’s Post

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