{"product_id":"9781908906632","title":"The Race Makers","description":"Author: Andrew S. Curran\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781908906632\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Saqi Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jun 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 512\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early eighteenth century, Christianity began to lose its hold on the story of humankind. Yet centuries of xenophobia, religious intolerance and emerging biological ideas did not simply disappear. Instead, secular thinkers reshaped them as they looked to redefine what it meant to be human. By century's end, naturalists and philosophers had divided humankind into racial categories using methods associated with the Enlightenment era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Race Makers\u003c\/i\u003e, Enlightenment specialist Andrew S. Curran traces the emergence of race through thirteen pivotal figures, including Louis XIV, Buffon, Carl Linnaeus, Voltaire, David Hume, Adam Smith, Immanuel Kant and Thomas Jefferson. From the gilded halls of Versailles to the slave plantations of the Caribbean, and from the court of the Mughal Empire to the drawing rooms of Monticello, Curran reveals how the pursuit of knowledge became entangled with  and often drove  systems of empire and oppression. The result is a bold reappraisal of the Enlightenment's most celebrated luminaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining rigorous scholarship with vivid storytelling, \u003ci\u003eThe Race Makers\u003c\/i\u003e offers a sweeping and unsettling account of how modern concepts of race were born  and why they still matter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47845890850974,"sku":"ADS-9781908906632","price":49.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781908906632.jpg?v=1781224198","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781908906632","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}