Ashley Montagu, quoted in Chakrabarti, D. K., 1997. Colonial Indology: Sociopolitics of the Ancient Indian Past. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 62-3
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The omelet called “race” has no existence outside the statistical frying- pan in which it has been reduced by the heat of the anthropological imagination.
— Ashley Montagu on Race (human categorisation)
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About Ashley Montagu
Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu (June 28, 1905 - November 26, 1999) — born Israel Ehrenberg — was a British-American anthropologist who popularized the study of topics such as race and gender and their relation to politics and development.
About Ashley Montagu
Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu (June 28, 1905 - November 26, 1999) — born Israel Ehrenberg — was a British-American anthropologist who popularized the study of topics such as race and gender and their relation to politics and development.
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