Kant and the Concept of Race: Late Eighteenth-Century Writings (SUNY series, Philosophy and Race)

Late eighteenth-century writings on race by Kant and four of his contemporaries. Kant and the Concept of Race features translations of four texts by Immanuel Kant frequently designated his Racenschriften (race essays), in which he develops and defends an early theory of race. Also included are translations of essays by four of Kant’s contemporaries—E. A. W. Zimmermann, Georg Forster, Christoph Meiners, and Christoph Girtanner—which illustrate that Kant’s interest in the subject of race was part of a larger discussion about human “differences,” one that impacted the development of scientific fields ranging from natural history to physical anthropology to biology. Jon M. Mikkelsen is Professor of Philosophy at Missouri Western State University. Of The Different Human Races: An Announcement For Lectures In Physical Geography In The Summer Semester 1775 / Immanuel Kant -- Of The Different Human Races / Immanuel Kant -- From Geographical History Of Human Beings And The Universally Dispersed Quadrupeds / E.a.w. Zimmerman -- Determination Of The Concept Of A Human Race / Immanuel Kant -- Something More About The Human Races / Georg Forster -- On The Use Of Teleological Principles In Philosophy / Immanuel Kant -- Of The Varieties And Deviate Forms Of Negroes / Christoph Meiners -- From Concerning The Kantian Principle In Natural History: An Attempt To Treat This Science Philosophically / Christoph Girtanner. Translated And Edited By Jon M. Mikkelsen. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 351-362) And Index.