Blumenbach’s Racial Classification
Deconstructing the Timeless Call for Human Differentiation
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- Hardcover
180 pages
- Release Date
23 March 2026
Summary
This open access book explores how the elements of Blumenbach’s epistemology have been variously assembled in different ways and in different historical-cultural and political-social contexts. It looks at the ways in which this epistemology has been enriched with new elements that have ensured its reproduction. The contributors revise approaches to the historical legacy of Enlightenment scholars such as Blumenbach in terms of nuances to our understanding of intellectual responsibility for the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783032159496 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3032159490 |
| Author: | Victoria Shmidt, Simone De Angelis |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Imprint: | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 180 |
| Release Date: | 23 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 155mm |
| Series: | History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences |
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About The Author
Victoria Shmidt
Victoria Shmidt
Victoria Shmidt’s work examines the historical roots of segregation, exploring the legacy of colonial and socialist policies in Central Eastern European countries. Her academic journey began in critical social policy, fostering a deep interest in the historical origins of ongoing institutional violence against marginalized groups.
In 2008, Shmidt joined Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. There, she focused on institutional violence against the Roma and people with disabilities in the Czech lands. This research led her to a deeper understanding of race science and racial thinking as both agents and structures of nation-building. She advocates for revising conventional approaches to the role of researchers and academic institutions in extreme forms of transgression, questioning spatial, temporal, and ideological boundaries.
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