Dr. Mark A. Brandon, "The Perils of Race-Thinking: A Portrait of Aleš Hrdlička "
English | ISBN: 963386612X | 2023 | 228 pages | PDF | 2 MB
English | ISBN: 963386612X | 2023 | 228 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Eugenics and scientific racism are experiencing a resurgence, and an understanding of the ideas of Aleš Hrdlička can help combat them. Today, the racial science of the early twentieth century is both untenable and contemptible. This book is about an arch figure of that period: Aleš Hrdlička served as Curator of Physical Anthropology at the prestigious Smithsonian Institution from 1910 to 1941. Although his ideas about race are today considered pseudoscience, the uncomfortable truth is that he was an internationally respected scientist in his own day.
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