Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. A Note on Citations and Terminology x
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1: Curious Kinks 24
7. Chapter 2: Toward a Historical Ontology of Race 56
8. Chapter 3: New Worlds 70
9. Chapter 4: The Specter of Polygenesis 92
10. Chapter 5: Diversity as Degeneration 114
11. Chapter 6: From Lineage to Biogeography 140
12. Chapter 7: L eibniz on Human Equality and Human Domination 160
13. Chapter 8: Anton Wilhelm Amo 207
14. Chapter 9: Race and Its Discontents in the Enlightenment 231
15. Conclusion 264
16. Biographical Notes 269
17. Bibliography 273
18. Index 293