What is biology as ideology, pace Lewontin? The central theorem of racialism was that 'the natural hierarchy of the races' explained world order. Neoracialism in its modern guise as biological reductionism affects a double reduction: World order (say, the economic performance of nations, races and classes) is explained by phenotype (say, IQ or the capacity for disciplined work) that is in turn explained by genotype. The causal structure of racialism is simple:
DNA is Mere Code
DNA is Mere Code
DNA is Mere Code
What is biology as ideology, pace Lewontin? The central theorem of racialism was that 'the natural hierarchy of the races' explained world order. Neoracialism in its modern guise as biological reductionism affects a double reduction: World order (say, the economic performance of nations, races and classes) is explained by phenotype (say, IQ or the capacity for disciplined work) that is in turn explained by genotype. The causal structure of racialism is simple: