The ethnological foundation of the Scottish Enlightenment
The lecture:
The philosophical debates during the Enlightenment concerning the origin and purpose of racial difference provided the rationale for formalizing the study of racial groups in the United Kingdom in the early 1800s. Influenced by the burgeoning field of physiognomy, white thinkers throughout Scotland and England embraced the idea that skin color was evidence of deeper physiological and evolutionary traits in the body. This lecture will show how the ideas of Dugald Stewart and David Hume provided the basis of the ethnological sciences.
The lecturer:
Tommy J. Curry is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests are 19th century ethnology, Critical Race Theory & Black Male Studies. He is the author of The Man-Not: Race, Class, Genre, and the Dilemmas of Black Manhood (2017), which won the 2018 American Book Award, as well as the author of Another white Man’s Burden: Josiah Royce’s Quest for a Philosophy of Racial Empire (2018), which won the 2020 Josiah Royce Prize in American Idealist Thought.
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Fascinating! Thank you very much for sharing this.
@SocietyofAntiquariesofScotland
6 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
I would have liked to hear more examples how this racist core in ethnology influenced other key elements of enlightenment thought like political and moral philosophy, stances on religion etc.
@Sska29
6 ай бұрын
The imperial era and the enlightenment era roughly coincided for a reason. At the core of political, social and scientific enlightenment were foundational beliefs widely held such as "white man's burden" and "manifest destiny". That enlightenment was a divine blessing on the Anglospere mainly the upper crust of the protestant anglo countries - UK and western Europe and it was their duty to be the leaders of humanity and occupy the leadership positions in this hierarchy.
_Dats Rite!_
Is there an video of the Q&A that could be posted? Would love to listen to further insight
@SocietyofAntiquariesofScotland
4 ай бұрын
Hi there! Thanks a lot for sharing your interest in the Q&A. At the moment, the Q&A section is a perk for those attending the event live (either online and in person), so please do come along to future events to take part :)
Interesting study, but the meaning of the results should have been made more clearly in the beginning. Here's what I gathered from it: The origins of philosophical anthropology in Europe lie in 18th century Scottish ethnology, which got its view on human variation from American slave owners. Therefore the slave-owners' bias tainted the philosophy of the enlightenment.
@helenhunter4540
6 ай бұрын
I don't think you listened carefully enough.
@charjl96
6 ай бұрын
@@helenhunter4540 What's your interpretation?
@helenhunter4540
6 ай бұрын
@@charjl96 That the 18th century so-called enlightenment men had their own racist beliefs engendered by the imperialist activities of their own slapped-together "country", itself an imperialist invention of England: Great Britain. Hume was "Scottish", but Scotland no longer existed as an independent nation. It had been swallowed up. England started with Ireland, Wales and Scotland in building their empire.
14:24 Troubling idea’s when it comes to the sexes as well. Not very accurate at predicting aptitude, merits or ability. Definitely an ideology that still persists in cultures today.
Where is the q and a???
@SocietyofAntiquariesofScotland
3 ай бұрын
Hi there, we reserve the Q&A portion of our events for those attending or tuning in live.
3:29 "denied"
Their noses were thin because they were the Product of Great by the dominant society
Woke BS >unsubbed
@kariannecrysler640
6 ай бұрын
Better productivity In having an open mind, then having one that can’t process new information. By labeling what one doesn’t like as woke, you are trying to undermine its validity, because it is uncomfortable for you. I understand that & am glad you are self confident, but refusing to be exposed to new information is “burying one’s head” in the sand. Even if you disagree, knowing all the information gives a greater knowledge pool to draw conclusions from & would be wiser than to ignore it. The idea to know your enemy, is advising what I have above. Logically, the more you know, the better off you are.
@charjl96
6 ай бұрын
@@kariannecrysler640 Some information is worthless. A lot of "Woke BS" is just other people's perspectives with a certain spin on history, culture and society. It can easily be missed and nothing is lost.
@Game_Hero
6 ай бұрын
If you're against such thing, you should especially watch this, it's basically the origin story of it all, of this "race" idea. Give it a shot and think how what these philosophers said correspond to what you criticize today.
@dirk-piehl28
6 ай бұрын
scared white person in the room?
@GabrielMartins-gx7xv
2 ай бұрын
bye!
The anti-White/Europhobic bigotry in this talk is truly repugnant.
@Sska29
6 ай бұрын
Imperialism was repugnant. Deal with it lol.
@Game_Hero
6 ай бұрын
In the talk or in what the quoted philosophers said? Because what they said was WTF levels of repugnant, that's for sure. There is no bigotry in pointing out the bigotry.
@GabrielMartins-gx7xv
2 ай бұрын
@@Sska29 Change is gone come!! I love seeing closet white nationalist get their Anti-Blackness exposed. Especially when they comment with word's like woke as if it's an insult lol, If only they studied that origin of that term. Makes me laugh, their utter ignorance.