Fault Lines A Primer on Race, Science and Society.

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jansen, Jonathan
Otros Autores: Walters, Cyrill
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stellenbosch : African Sun Media, 2020.
Temas:
Research > Moral and ethical aspects > South Africa.
Race discrimination.
Recherche > Aspect moral > Afrique du Sud.
Discrimination raciale.
racial discrimination.
Race discrimination
Research > Moral and ethical aspects
South Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Endnotes
  • Bibliography
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Is race real?
  • Where does race come from?
  • How does any group (such as coloureds) come to be a racial problem?
  • Why are women of colour represented negatively in research?
  • Is research not objective?
  • What are the ethical foundations of sound research (on race)?
  • What does a critical (rather than essentialist) study of race look like?
  • What does a systemic (or structural) rather than racial group analysis of problems look like?
  • Does method matter when the questions are flawed?
  • Can race be unlearned?
  • Conclusion
  • Endnotes
  • Bibliography
  • SECTION A: Race and the Genes
  • 01. The Role of Genetics in Racial Categorisation of Humans
  • Introduction
  • The basics of DNA
  • Genetic variation in humans: How did this come about?
  • Link between genetic variation and human disease
  • Concept of race: On what is the label based?
  • Eugenics
  • Concluding remarks
  • Endnotes
  • Bibliography
  • 02. The Boomerang: How eugenics and racial science in the German colonies rebounded on Europe and the rest of the world
  • Introduction
  • The boomerang
  • Conclusion
  • Endnotes
  • Misery research and the compulsion to compare
  • Conclusion
  • Endnotes
  • Bibliography
  • 05. Pitfalls of a Profession: Afrikaner historians and the notion of an "objective-scientific" approach in perspective
  • "Volksgeskiedenis" and academe
  • The mantra of "objective-scientific" history
  • Implications
  • Endnotes
  • Bibliography
  • SECTION C: Making up Race and ""the Other"" in the Social and Medical Sciences
  • 06. Difficult Knowledge: The state of the discussion around 'race' in the social sciences
  • Introduction
  • The social construction explanation
  • Some caveats
  • Racial realism
  • Conclusion
  • Endnotes
  • Bibliography
  • 07. Race and Health: Dilemmas of the South African health researcher
  • Introduction
  • Explaining the influence of race on health and disease
  • Concepts related to race
  • International debates about the use of racial terminology in health research
  • Investigating the use of race in health research at Stellenbosch University
  • Discussion
  • Conclusions
  • Endnotes
  • Bibliography
  • 08. Of "Basters" and "Bastards": Overcoming the problematic connection of race and gender in the Hebrew Bible and its interpretation
  • A mere translation error?

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