Why Race Matters: Race Differences and What They Mean (Human Evolution, Behavior, and Intelligence)

Levin, Michael E.

ISBN 10: 0275957896 / ISBN 13: 9780275957896

Published by Praeger Pub Text, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why Race Matters: Race Differences and What They Mean (Human Evolution, Behavior, and Intelligence)
• Publisher: Praeger Pub Text
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0275957896
• ISBN 13: 9780275957896
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Levin (philosophy, U. of New York) argues that measured differences between races are not neutral but undermine just about everything that has been said about race for the past 60 years and the public policies that are based on the assertion that they are. Focusing primarily but not exclusively on the US, he summarizes differences in intelligence and temperament, genetic factors, determinism, reductionism, reification, values, and the implications for justice and crime. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About the Author

MICHAEL LEVIN is Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Among his earlier publications are Metaphysics and the Mind-Body Problem and Feminism and Freedom.