Narrative Non-fiction · Hardback

Race

Norwegian title: Rase

For more than ten years historian Jon Røyne Kyllingstad has studied how the concept of race has been used in the history of science, from the 1600s until today. The idea that some races have been elevated above others has been rooted in all parts of academia, and affected research within anthropology, history, and medicine. Some of our foremost researchers have allowed themselves to use a scientific “reasoning” for systematic discrimination, and in this interesting as well as frightening work parts of our academic history which so far has been forgotten or ignored is put to the light in a systemic manner.REVIEWS

Thorough and great about the history of the science of race«Probably no one in Norway has better overview of the history of the science of race today, than Kyllingstad. The book is thorough, faithful and brings forth nuances that have disappeared in other writings.»SUBJEKT, five/six starsProves why the decolonalisation of academia is still important«Science historian Jon Røyne Kyllingstad is perhaps Norway's foremost expert on how racial thinking has shaped our scientific practice, as well as the society of which it is a part. [… Race] has become a summary of his own research on the use of the concept of race in academia, from the beginning of the 17th century to the present day.»AFTENPOSTEN

Rock solid about racial thinking and history of science«A short book review cannot do justice to such a well-documented and diverse work, but let it also be mentioned that the professional - and non-professional - discussion about the relationship between the majority population and the Sami, Kven and other minorities has naturally had a wide space.»KLASSEKAMPEN

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