<i>Ethnos</i>in the<i>Politics</i>: Aristotle and Race

Ward, Julie K.

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“…Joseph M. Bryant also reads Aristotle as claiming that natural slaves lack the ability to deliberate in general (Bryant, 1996). So does Ward (2002). Bryant provides additional support for my claim that Aristotle's account of natural slavery is ideological when he notes that Aristotle's claim that natural slaves are incapable of deliberation "is a form of intraspecies differentiation that finds no parallel in his biological studies of other species" (Bryant, 1996, 363).…”

Section: Aristotle's Account Of the Psychological Constitution Of Thementioning

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Aristotle on Natural Slavery: An Analysis Using the Marxist Concept of Ideology

Nabolsy

2019

Science & Society

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Aristotle's account of natural slavery as presented in his Politics is often treated by historians of philosophy as an account that can be analyzed purely internally in terms of its argumentative structure without referring to social factors. Against this view, Aristotle's account of natural slavery is seen to be ideological according to at least one variant of the Marxist concept of ideology, and cannot be understood without reference to Aristotle's socioeconomic context. The ideological nature of Aristotle's account of natural slavery is especially evident in his "proto-racialization" of the category of the "natural slave." The Marxist concept of ideology is demonstrably useful in the historical study of philosophy, as compared with internalist historians of philosophy who claim that referring to nonphilosophical factors such as class interests inevitably obscures the philosophical content of the texts that are the objects of analysis.

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Section: Aristotle's Account Of the Psychological Constitution Of Thementioning

confidence: 99%

Aristotle on Natural Slavery: An Analysis Using the Marxist Concept of Ideology

Nabolsy

2019

Science & Society

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“…However, Plato considered moral value as the most significant factor in such human classifications. Similarly, Aristotle believed in the classification of races as he agreed that the Greeks were superior and should not be enslaved but should have the right to rule over inferior populations (Ward, 2002). Historically, the physical appearance of certain social groups was used to define their roles, statuses, and powers in the society (Banton, 1987;Bolaria & Li, 1988;Henry & Tator, 2006;Li, 1995;Ravelli & Webber, 2012).…”

Section: Race Relations and Inequalitiesmentioning

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The Social Construction of Muslim Minority Groups in Canada

Shah

2023

SSRN Journal

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“…. suggest promising sources for racialist thinking," 95 his "notion of race and ethnicity" is more "cultural" and "social" than "biologically determinist." This is so because Aristotle's emphasis on "social training, political institutions, and moral education .…”

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The Origins of Racism: A Critique of the History of Ideas

Seth

2020

History and Theory

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This essay has two objectives. First, it seeks to engage critically with contemporary scholarship on the origins of racism through the lens of an older debate centered around the history of ideas. Specifically, it argues that Quentin Skinner's influential critique of the history of ideas can help identify the pitfalls of our current fascination with the origins of racism—most particularly when such origins are traced back to antiquity and the European pre‐ and early modern periods. In pursuing its second objective, the essay turns from histories cataloguing ancient, medieval, and early modern racisms to objections leveled, in these same literatures, against scholarship defending the modernity of race. The defense of a premodern origin to race is, I argue, not just a historical argument but a contemporary politics embedded in a narrative of continuity that insists on the relevance of the medieval past to the racial configurations of our current moment. Rather than demonstrating continuity and sameness, this essay seeks to draw attention to alternative modes of historicizing that are more attentive to the alterity of the past.

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Ethnosin thePolitics: Aristotle and Race

Cited by 6 publications

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Aristotle on Natural Slavery: An Analysis Using the Marxist Concept of Ideology

Aristotle on Natural Slavery: An Analysis Using the Marxist Concept of Ideology

The Social Construction of Muslim Minority Groups in Canada

The Origins of Racism: A Critique of the History of Ideas

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