Fault lines : a primer on race, science and society
Jonathan D. Jansen (Editor), Cyrill Walters (Editor)
"What is the link, if any, between race and disease? How did the term baster as 'mixed race'come to be mistranslated from 'incest'in the Hebrew Bible? What are the roots of racial thinking in South African universities? How does music fall on the ear of black and white listeners? Are new developments in genetics simply a backdoor for the return of eugenics? For the first time, leading scholars in South Africa from different disciplines take on some of these difficult questions about race, science and society in the aftermath of apartheid. This book offers an important foundation for students pursuing a broader education than what a typical degree provides, and a must-read resource for every citizen concerned about the lingering effects of race and racism in South Africa and other parts of the world."--Publisher's description
eBook, English, 2020
First edition View all formats and editions
African Sun Media, Devonvallei, Stellenbosch, 2020
1 online resource (xvii, 284 pages) : illustrations
9781928480495, 1928480497
1149651806
Print version: Print version :
Intro
Contents
Foreword
Endnotes
Bibliography
Preface
Introduction
Is race real?
Where does race come from?
How does any group (such as coloureds) come to be a racial problem?
Why are women of colour represented negatively in research?
Is research not objective?
What are the ethical foundations of sound research (on race)?
What does a critical (rather than essentialist) study of race look like?
What does a systemic (or structural) rather than racial group analysis of problems look like?
Does method matter when the questions are flawed? Can race be unlearned?
Conclusion
Endnotes
Bibliography
SECTION A: Race and the Genes
01. The Role of Genetics in Racial Categorisation of Humans
Introduction
The basics of DNA
Genetic variation in humans: How did this come about?
Link between genetic variation and human disease
Concept of race: On what is the label based?
Eugenics
Concluding remarks
Endnotes
Bibliography
02. The Boomerang: How eugenics and racial science in the German colonies rebounded on Europe and the rest of the world
Introduction
The boomerang
Conclusion
Endnotes Misery research and the compulsion to compare
Conclusion
Endnotes
Bibliography
05. Pitfalls of a Profession: Afrikaner historians and the notion of an "objective-scientific" approach in perspective
"Volksgeskiedenis" and academe
The mantra of "objective-scientific" history
Implications
Endnotes
Bibliography
SECTION C: Making up Race and ""the Other"" in the Social and Medical Sciences
06. Difficult Knowledge: The state of the discussion around 'race' in the social sciences
Introduction
The social construction explanation
Some caveats
Racial realism Conclusion
Endnotes
Bibliography
07. Race and Health: Dilemmas of the South African health researcher
Introduction
Explaining the influence of race on health and disease
Concepts related to race
International debates about the use of racial terminology in health research
Investigating the use of race in health research at Stellenbosch University
Discussion
Conclusions
Endnotes
Bibliography
08. Of "Basters" and "Bastards": Overcoming the problematic connection of race and gender in the Hebrew Bible and its interpretation
A mere translation error?