Nature human nature and human difference race in early modern philosophy smith justin e h 9780691153643 books amazonca. Nature human nature and human difference race in early modern philosophy smith justin e h 9780691176345 books amazonca. Title nature human nature and human difference race in early modern philosophy format paperback product dimensions 312 pages 925 x 6 x 0 in shipping dimensions 312 pages 925 x 6 x 0 in published 14 mars 2017 publisher princeton university press language english. Surveying a range of philosophical and natural scientific texts dating from the spanish renaissance to the german enlightenment nature human nature and human difference charts the evolution of the modern concept of race and shows that natural philosophy particularly efforts to taxonomize and to order nature played a crucial role. Race in early modern philosophy publisher nature human nature and human difference charts the evolution of the modern concept of race and shows that natural philosophy particularly efforts to taxonomize and to order nature played a crucial rolesmith demonstrates how the denial of moral equality between europeans and non europeans resulted from converging philosophical and scientific