The Race Illusion : On the Reality of Racialization and the Myth of Race

Name: The Race Illusion : On the Reality of Racialization and the Myth of Race
Brand: Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press

The Race IllusionOn the Reality of Racialization and the Myth of Race\nAuthor(s): Adam Hochman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Oxford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780198926016, 978-0198926016\nSynopsis\nIn The Race Illusion, Adam Hochman argues that there are no human races, only racialized groups-groups mistakenly believed to be races. He meticulously critiques all of the major defenses of the view that races exist, beginning with biological accounts. While there is some human biological diversity, it is not distributed in a way that would justify racial classification. Hochman shows how modern attempts to revive race as a biological category either trivialize the category or change the topic entirely.\n\nMany now believe race to be a 'social construct,' a phrase Hochman criticizes for its ambiguity. The idea of race is a social invention, racial classification is determined by social factors, and racism is a social phenomenon. However,.