Bøker av John Edward Terrell

"There is little agreement today on what it takes to be intelligent. Yet this word is widely believed to be about something real, mostly biological, and important. From this popular perspective, intelligence is also something you can have a lot of, and luckily find yourself being labeled as a genius. Or sadly, something you do not have nearly enough of, and so find yourself being seen by others, at least behind your back, as silly, stupid, or plainly idiotic. Looked at closely, however, it turns out this word belongs more in the realm of traditional folklore than modern science"--

A discussion of the complex issues and theoretical arguments regarding whether race, language and culture go together. The essays seek to show that we should stop thinking that they do go together, and why we should be wary of the belief that people come from different biological lineages.