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In light of contemporary scientific developments in genomics, one question that has occupied scholars is whether today we are seeing the revival of discredited biological notions of racial difference, or something quite different a refashioning of race and the emergence of novel forms of politics and identity formation that supersede or redefine older notions of biology and race. The article provides an overview of conceptual debates about the meaning of race and identifies four principal ways

First Author: Singer, Peter; Callahan, Dan; Chadwick, Ruth F.
Attributed to:  Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics funded by ESRC

Abstract

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Bibliographic Information

Type: Book Chapter

Edition: 2nd Revised edition

Book Title: Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics (2011)

Page Reference: 699Ð704

ISBN: 9780123736321