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Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
The major significance of the German naturalist-physician Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752-1840) as a topic of historical study is the fact that he was one of the first anthropologists to investigate humankind as part of natural history. Moreover, Blumenbach was, and continues to be, a central figure in debates about race and racism. How exactly did Blumenbach define race and races? What were his scientific criteria? And which cultural values did he bring to bear on his scheme? Little historical work has been done on Blumenbach's fundamental, influential race work. From his own time till today, several different pronouncements have been made by either followers or opponents, some accusing Blumenbach of being the fountainhead of scientific racism. By contrast, across early nineteenth-century Europe, not least in France, Blumenbach was lionized as an anti-racist whose work supported the unity of humankind and the abolition of slavery. This collection of essays considers how, with Blumenbach and those around him, the study of natural history and, by extension, that of science came to dominate the Western discourse of race.
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
The major significance of the German naturalist-physician Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840) as a topic of historical study is the fact that he was one of the first anthropologists to investigate humankind as part of natural history. Moreover, Blumenbach was, and continues to be, a central figure in debates about race and racism. How exactly did Blumenbach define race and races? What were his scientific criteria? And which cultural values did he bring to bear on his scheme? Little historical work has been done on Blumenbach’s fundamental, influential race work. From his own time till today, several different pronouncements have been made by either followers or opponents, some accusing Blumenbach of being the fountainhead of scientific racism. By contrast, across early nineteenth-century Europe, not least in France, Blumenbach was lionized as an anti-racist whose work supported the unity of humankind and the abolition of slavery. This collection of essays considers how, with Blumenbach and those around him, the study of natural history and, by extension, that of science came to dominate the Western discourse of race.
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
Introduction : brief history of Blumenbach representation / Nicolaas Rupke and Gerhard Lauer -- Johann Friedrich Blumenbach-online / Gerhard Lauer and Heiko Weber -- Buffon, Blumenbach, Herder, Lichtenberg and the origins of modern anthropology / Carl Niekerk -- Climate change and creolization in French natural history, 1750-1795 / E.C. Spary -- Blumenbach's collection of human skulls / Wolfgang Böker -- Blumenbach's theory of human races and the natural unity of humankind / Thomas Junker -- A defence of human rights : Blumenbach on albinism / Renato G. Mazzolini -- Blumenbach's race science in the light of Christian supersessionism / Terence Keel -- The beautiful skulls of Schiller and the Georgian girl : quantitative and aesthetic scaling of the races, 1750-1850 / Robert J. Richards -- Ethnographic exploration in the Blumenbachian tradition / Peter Hanns Reill -- The rise of paleontology and the historicization of nature : Blumenbach and Deluc / John H. Zammito -- The roots of scientific racism and Huxley's rule / Nicolaas Rupke -- Appendix: biographical sketch of Blumenbach
On the Natural Varieties of Mankind
A comprehensive dictionary of terms for engineering students containing significant numbers of entries, Dictionary of Engineering Terms, Butterworth-Heinemann covers the areas of engineering science, electrical and electronic engineering, workshop practices and mechanical engineering. It has been designed for students at various levels of study up to and including higher technicians, both Edexcel and graduate.
The Anthropological Treatises of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
The anthropological treatises of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1865. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
