Sánchez Arteaga, Juan Manuel (2008) La biología humana como ideología: el racismo biológico y las estructuras simbólicas de dominación racial a fines del siglo XIX. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 23 (1). pp. 107-124. ISSN 2171-679X

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Abstract

A través de un repaso a las teorías científicas más ortodoxas (a fines del siglo XIX) acerca de la diversidad biológica en nuestra especie —tal y como aparecen en la obra de autores como Darwin, Broca, Huxley, Haeckel, Vogt, etc.— el presente artículo propone la existencia de una conexión ideológica entre las teorías evolutivas sobre las así llamadas “razas humanas” (especialmente los modelos darwinistas sobre evolución humana), y las jerarquías raciales que, a su vez, establecía la lógica económica del imperialismo occidental.

Taking into account the scientific theories about biological diversity in our species, specially those that constituted the orthodoxy in the last part of the XIXth century (i.e. those of authors such as Darwin, Broca, Huxley, Haeckel, Vogt, etc.), this paper analyzes the ideological connections that could be established between evolutionary and biological theories about “human races” (specially the Darwinist models about human evolution) and, on the other hand, the racial hierarchies imposed by the
economic logic of victorian imperialism.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Sánchez Arteaga, Juan Manuel juanma.sanchez.arteaga@gmail.com
Additional Information:	ISSN: 0495-4548 (print)
Keywords:	racismo científico, evolución humana, darwinismo, antropología física, Siglo XIX, scientific racism, human evolution, Darwinism, physical anthropology, XIXth century
Depositing User:	Users 15304 not found.
Date Deposited:	28 Feb 2014 00:37
Last Modified:	28 Feb 2014 00:37
Item ID:	10411
Journal or Publication Title:	THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science
Publisher:	Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco
Official URL:	http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/vi...
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1387/theoria.12
Date:	January 2008
Page Range:	pp. 107-124
Volume:	23
Number:	1
ISSN:	2171-679X
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10411

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