Representing race - universal and comparative perspectives; mining history for psychological wisdom - rethinking racial thinking; domain specificity and the study of race; do children have a theory of race?; race, language, and collect-ive inference; the appearance of race - perception in the construction of racial categories; the cultural biology of race.
Given the growing interest in the interface between the cognitive and the social sciences, and Lawrence Hirschfeld's uniquely serious and indeed deep understanding of the problems at this interface, given the importance of his chosen topic, and the richness of his positive contribution, I have no doubt that this book will be recognized as a landmark. -- Dan Sperber, Directeur de Recherche au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Hirschfeld's book, Race in the Making is interdisciplinary research at its finest. Hirschfeld reviews for psychologists the historical "social construction" views of race prevalent in the social sciences, and to anthropologists, historians, and sociologists, he reviews the "race as independent variable" treatment prevalent in psychology. His own brilliant resolution of the limitations of both of these approaches is a major contribution to our understanding of social cognition and of cognitive development. -- Susan Carey, Professor of Psychology, MIT Hirschfeld's book represents cognitive sceince at its best... insightful, provocative, and very relevant. -- Douglas Medin, Professor of Psychology, Northwestern University [S]tartling, subtle and challenging... Hirschfeld's book has the great merit of suggesting a beginning for a real discipline that might replace 5,000 years of futile platitudes about why it is that We hate Them. -- David Berreby The Sciences
"Hirschfeld's book represents cognitive sceince at its best... insightful, provocative, and very relevant." -- DouglasMedin, Professor of Psychology, Northwestern University "[S]tartling, subtle and challenging... Hirschfeld's book has thegreat merit of suggesting a beginning for a real discipline that mightreplace 5,000 years of futile platitudes about why it is that We hateThem." David Berreby , The Sciences
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