Race and IQ, Expanded Edition

by Ashley Montagu

Book Overview

Ashley Montagu, who first attacked the term "race" as a usable concept in his acclaimed work, Man's Most Dangerous Myth, offers here a devastating rebuttal to those who would claim any link between race and intelligence.
In now classic essays, this thought-provoking volume critically examines the terms "race" and "IQ" and their applications in scientific discourse. The twenty-four contributors--including such eminent thinkers as Stephen Jay Gould,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195102207
• ISBN13: 9780195102208
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.9" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

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Every negative review posted here is by someone who no doubt comes from [...]. Why is it that every time someone writes an intelligent opinion -AGAINST- McCarthyist, white privileged "science" (Since, admit it people...most of the "race" based research is all based on Eugenics, etc.) they become a 'Pinko bastard with an agenda?' Want gay marriage and equality? Evil Socialist with an Agenda. New angles on science debunking the whole "White is Superior" angle pushed by Ye old Britannica? Communist/Liberal with an Evil Agenda. Happen to be a person of any shade who speaks out against 'White privilege' and obvious racism? Of, you're just playing the race card...and you are a socialist pig with an evil Liberal agenda. Phhht.