AAS 3205 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3-6: Social Darwinism, Polygenism, Darkest Africa
13 Oct 2017
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Rudimentary languages, forms of government, art and ability to think. Hebrew bible supports blacks to be inferior. Blackness to describe the souls of sinners. They all believed that their civilizations were superior and others were inferior. 18th century confined to missionaries and philosophers. Ignorant of the achievements of their own civilizations. The image of africa: british ideas and. Europeans grew with their powerful and superior civilization. Derided the chinese for not achieving more science and technology. Africans were held in high esteem among europeans. Until scientific revolution, the hebrew bible provided the most common explanation of human diversity. Arabs and african were called inferior because they traded and held slaves. Europeans: antislavery campaign against arab slave traders. Entry of africa as entry to the dark heart of human subconscious. Change occurs along line that stretches from the simplest living forms to the most complex. Species claw their way to the top.
