Superior

The Return of Race Science

Angela Saini

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English

Fourth Estate
02 September 2020

Ethnic studies; Social & cultural anthropology; Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science

Financial Times Book of the Year Telegraph Top 50 Books of the Year Guardian Book of the Year New Statesman Book of the Year

‘Roundly debunks racism’s core lie – that inequality is to do with genetics, rather than political power’ Reni Eddo-Lodge

Where did the idea of race come from, and what does it mean? In an age of identity politics, DNA ancestry testing and the rise of the far-right, a belief in biological differences between populations is experiencing a resurgence. The truth is: race is a social construct. Our problem is we find this hard to believe.

In Superior, award-winning author Angela Saini investigates the concept of race, from its origins to the present day. Engaging with geneticists, anthropologists, historians and social scientists from across the globe, Superior is a rigorous, much needed examination of the insidious and destructive nature of the belief that race is real, and that some groups of people are superior to others.

By: Angela Saini
Imprint: Fourth Estate
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 250g
ISBN: 9780008293864
ISBN 10: 0008293864
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 02 September 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Angela Saini presents science programmes on BBC Radio 4 and the World Service, and her writing has appeared in the New Scientist, the Guardian, The Sunday Times, Scientific American, Wired and the Economist. Angela has a Masters in Engineering from Oxford University, she is a former Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her work has won a string of national and international awards. Angela's first book, Geek Nation, was published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2011, and her second book, Inferior, was the subject of a national crowdfunding campaign which will donate a copy to every state school in the UK.

Reviews for Superior: The Return of Race Science

'In this essentialbook, Angela Saini deftly shows how science and racism have long been intertwined, why that pernicious history continues to this day, and why race science is so deeply flawed. Deeply researched, masterfully written, and sorely needed, Superior is an exceptional work by one of the world's best science writers' Ed Yong 'This is an essential book on an urgent topic by one of our most authoritative science writers' Sathnam Sanghera 'This isan urgent and important book. It contains a warning: you thought racism might be on its way out of science? ... You thought wrong' Observer 'As in her previous book Inferior, about gender, Saini skilfully brings together interviews with historians, scientists and the objects of racial science themselves to paint a harrowing picture of the influence of race on science and vice versa' Sunday Times 'A very good book: informative and chilling ... The history she uncovers is eye-opening and heart-breaking; it's right to be wary of that history repeating' The Times 'The concept of race persists, even though it is biologically meaningless. This important book considers why ... superb' Guardian '...a brilliant and devastating book' Telegraph