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“Niekerk reconstructs the emergent discipline of anthropology as a major feature of the European Enlightenment, emphasizing not only its scientific ambitions but also its political inspiration and intention: a ‘radical’ opposition to the enslavement of non-European populations and to the excesses of colonialism. He sketches a line from Buffon to Camper, Blumenbach, and Herder, adding original characterizations of the contributions of Raynal and de Pauw. This is a rich and rewarding study.” —John Zammito,author of The Gestation of German Biology: Philosophy and Physiology from Stahl to Schelling “In lucid and accessible prose, Niekerk situates Enlightenment anthropology at the nexus of an international debate about the definition of the human and the universal, alongside scientific discourses that rely on concepts of race and culture to limit that humanity. Persuasive and innovative, Niekerk’s book about the emerging field of anthropology and its antecedents makes a significant and original contribution to the fields of philosophy, literary and cultural studies, and history.” —Patricia Anne Simpson,author of The Play World: Toys, Texts, and the Transatlantic German Childhood

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Carl Niekerk is Professor of German and Affiliate Professor of French, Comparative and World Literature, and Jewish Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is the editor of The Radical Enlightenment in Germany: A Cultural Perspective and author of Zwischen Naturgeschichte und Anthropologie: Lichtenberg im Kontext der Spätaufklärung.

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