Ashley Montagu
Ashley Montagu · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Anthropologist known for challenging race concepts in 'Man's Most Dangerous Myth'
1905, London, England — 1999, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
United Kingdom · United States
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Ashley Montagu (born Israel Ehrenberg) was a British-American anthropologist who argued that 'race' is a social myth without biological validity, most influentially in 'Man's Most Dangerous Myth: The Fallacy of Race' (1942). He helped draft UNESCO's 1950 Statement on Race. Born to a Jewish family in London's East End, he later changed his name.
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Anthropologist known for challenging race concepts in 'Man's Most Dangerous Myth'
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