Race in the making: cognition, culture, and the child's construction of human kinds
Auteur :
Hirschfeld, Lawrence A.
Éditeur :
MIT Press Ltd
ISBN :
9780262082471
Date de publication :
2 juil. 1996
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
590 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In this text the author argues that knowledge of race is not based on observation of physical difference, or develops in the same way as knowledge of other social categories. Instead, he claims that racial thinking is the product of a special-purpose cognitive competence.