PHIL004-Midterm

Racialism

Belief in the existence of distinct biological races with inherent differences in traits or abilities.

Polygenism

The belief that different human races are of different origins or created separately.

Monogenism

The belief that all human races are descended from a single ancestor.

Systematics

The study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and their relationships.

Eugenics

The study or belief in the possibility of improving the human race by selective breeding.

Philosophy of Race

The study of the nature and existence of race and its implications for society and ethics.

Biological Racial Determinism

The belief that race is a biologically determined characteristic that influences behavior, intelligence, or other traits.

Egalitarianism

The belief in or advocacy of equal rights, opportunities, and treatment for all people.

Cosmopolitanism

The idea that all human beings belong to a single community based on a shared morality.

Intellectual History

The study of the history of ideas, focusing on the development of intellectual and cultural movements.

Sociology of Knowledge:

The study of how knowledge is produced, transmitted, and transformed within society.

Population

A group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area and interbreed, producing fertile offspring

Social Construction

The idea that concepts and categories, such as race or gender, are created and developed by society and do not have a basis in objective reality.

The “Common View/Argument” about Race

The belief that race is a natural and biologically-based classification of human beings.

Racialized Groups

Groups of people who are singled out and treated differently based on perceived racial characteristics.

Ancestry

The line of descent from an ancestor; the origin or background of a person or group in terms of family or national descent.

Subspecies

A taxonomic category that ranks below species, usually a fairly permanent geographically isolated race.

Universal Human Racial Taxonomy

A hypothetical classification system that would categorize all humans into distinct racial groups based on biological characteristics.

Caste

A rigid social hierarchy often based on hereditary status, prevalent in certain societies.

Ethnic Enclaves

Residential areas with a high concentration of people from a particular ethnic background.

Diaspora

The dispersion or spread of people from their original homeland.

Assimilation

The process by which individuals or groups adopt the culture of another group, often the dominant one.

Primordial vs. Constructivist

Two perspectives on the nature of ethnicity; primordial emphasizes the innate, natural aspects of ethnicity, while constructivist sees it as socially constructed.

Racial Eliminativism

A belief or ideology advocating for the elimination or eradication of specific racial or ethnic groups.