1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910156253203321

Autore

Bede Ilona

Titolo

Des vestiges aux sociétés : Regards croisés sur le passage des données archéologiques à la société sous-jacente / / Jeanne Brancier, Caroline Rémeaud, Thibault Vallette

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris, : Éditions de la Sorbonne, 2016

ISBN

979-1-03-510008-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BlitteHélène

BorderieQuentin

BrancierJeanne

BrissaudLaurence

ButterlinPascal

ChitiBarbara

FuentesOscar

HuteauAriane

LietarClaira

MazzettoElena

TrémeaudCaroline

TrujilloArmando

ValletteThibault

RémeaudCaroline

Soggetti

History & Archaeology

approvisionnement

artisanat

économie

matière première

ressources

technologie

procurement

handicraft

economy

raw material

resources

technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Les dix auteurs réunis dans ce volume, à l'occasion de la sixième rencontre de l’école doctorale d’archéologie, se sont intéressés au thème : « Des vestiges aux sociétés. Regards croisés sur le passage des données archéologiques à la société sous-jacente ». Les contributions présentées ici, couvrent des domaines géographiques, chronologiques et thématiques larges, exprimant en partie la substance complexe et subtile de cette vaste problématique. Les auteurs mettent en regard les pratiques archéologiques et celles des populations en question. Leurs approches se rejoignent sur la valeur du regard critique porté sur les postures de l’archéologue face aux faits empiriques. Les auteurs nous révèlent l’entière nécessité du travail de questionnement des outils méthodologiques pour faire parler justement les vestiges. L’ensemble des contributions montre que l’égal intérêt pour le connu et l’inconnu, le producteur et le destinataire, le corpus étudié et le corpus comparatif, l’intérieur et l’extérieur est le fondement d’une archéologie dynamique plus à même de rendre compte des interactions sociales.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910841861703321

Autore

Diogo Rui

Titolo

Darwin’s Racism, Sexism, and Idolization : Their Tragic Societal and Scientific Repercussions / / by Rui Diogo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024

ISBN

9783031490552

303149055X

9783031490545

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (439 pages)

Disciplina

508.092

Soggetti

Evolution (Biology)

Social evolution

Religion and science

Anthropology

Evolutionary Biology

Cultural Evolution

Social Evolution

Religion and Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-409) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Science, society and Darwin’s idealization -- 2. Darwin’s society and science -- 3. Racism and its societal repercussions -- 4. Misogyny and its damaging legacy -- 5. Bringing reality to society and science.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book Diogo, a renowned biologist and anthropologist, addresses a question that is critical for the understanding of science, beliefs, idolization, systemic racism and sexism, and our societies in general: why has Darwin been idolized in such a unique way, particularly by Western scholars? Diogo shows that many evolutionary 'facts' stated in Darwin's works, particularly about human evolution, are inaccurate constructions based on Victorian biases and stereotypes: non-Europeans are inferior, women have a lower intelligence than men, Victorian society was the pinnacle of evolution, and so on. Importantly, such inaccurate biased statements about our evolution are markedly in



contrast with the mostly accurate, and often brilliant, ideas put forward by Darwin concerning non-human organisms. Importantly, it was precisely the combination of such brilliant ideas, the use of simplistic and sometimes exaggerated metaphors that were catchy and easily absorbed by the general public, and Darwin's intellectual conservatism and biased ideas about women and non-European peoples that led to Darwin's idolization, particularly by Western scientists, as well as to the darkest societal repercussions of his works. By portraying such biased ideas as “evolutionary facts”, Darwin provided easy ammunition for populist political leaders, authoritarians, colonialists, and white supremacists to 'scientifically' defend social hierarchies, sexism, racism, discrimination, oppression, and segregation. A typical argument used to defend Darwin from portraying such erroneous sexist and racist ideas as “facts” is that ‘back then’ everybody was racist and sexist. Diogo deconstructs this argument by providing enthralling case studies and travel descriptions by authors such as Wallace and Humboldt, who often praised the indigenous peoples that repulsed - and criticized the social hierarchies and Western imperialism that marveled - Darwin. The aim of this book is therefore not to 'cancel' Darwin or argue that he was always wrong: not at all, in general he was an extraordinary biologist, but was a much less successful anthropologist due in great part to his Victorian biases. Instead, the book discusses Darwin's writings, ideas, and their repercussions in a broader way, without taboos, omissions, idolization or demonization in order to show Darwin, and science in general, in all their complexity. This is because, if we fail to acknowledge and emphasize the biases, prejudices, inaccuracies, and abuses of our past, and merely continue to blindly idealize it, our kids will be condemned to undertake or suffer similar societal abuses in the future.