Alexander Race in a Godless World

Atheism, Race, and Civilization, 1850–1914
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-5261-4238-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten

This is the first historical analysis of the racial views of atheists and freethinkers. Focusing on Britain and the United States in the second half of the nineteenth century, it covers racial and evolutionary science, imperialism, slavery and segregation in the United States, immigration debates and racial prejudice in theory and practice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alexander, Nathan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Agnostizismus, Atheismus, Säkularer Humanismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: the tangled histories of Christianity, secularization, and race
1 Were Adam and Eve our first parents? Atheism and polygenesis
2 Brute men: race and society in evolution
3 A London Zulu: savagery and civilisation
4 The wise men of the east: India, China, and Japan
5 The best friends the negro ever had: African Americans and white atheists
6 The curse of race prejudice: rethinking race at the turn of the century
Epilogue: what next for racism in a godless world?
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Nathan G. Alexander is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, University of Erfurt, Germany