MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Arts Graduate Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
HYM4500
Contours of racial thought
Andrew Markus
8 or 12 points + One 2-hour seminar per week + First semester +
Clayton
Synopsis An examination of the development of racial thought in Western
societies. Topics include classical views of human types; early reactions to
the populations of the New World; justifications for slavery; the impact of
enlightenment thought; the rise of scientific racism; anti-Semitism and Nazi
ideologues; `new racism' in contemporary thought.
Assessment Research essay (4000 words): 70% + Open book exam: 30% +
Extra assignment if taken as a 12-point subject (3000 words)
Prescribed texts
- Banton M The idea of race 1977
- Banton M Racial theories 1987
- Bolt C Victorian attitudes to race 1971
- Harris M The rise of anthropoligical theory 1968
- Jordan W The white man's burden 1974
Poliakov L The Aryan
myth 1974
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