{"product_id":"the-race-illusion-adam-hochman-9780198926016","title":"The Race Illusion: On the Reality of Racialization and the Myth of Race","description":"In \u003cem\u003eThe Race Illusion\u003c\/em\u003e, Adam Hochman argues that there are no human races, only racialized groups-groups mistakenly believed to be races. He meticulously critiques all of the major defenses of the view that races exist, beginning with biological accounts. While there is some human biological diversity, it is not distributed in a way that would justify racial classification. Hochman shows how modern attempts to revive race as a biological category either trivialize the category or change the topic entirely. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany now believe race to be a 'social construct, ' a phrase Hochman criticizes for its ambiguity. The \u003cem\u003eidea\u003c\/em\u003e of race is a social invention, racial classification is determined by social factors, and racism is a social phenomenon. However, that does not mean that 'race' itself is social. Hochman argues that for social races to exist, they would need to be definable in terms of social properties; yet scholars have been unable to identify the social properties that plausibly make a group a race. \u003cbr\u003eAfter examining ten biological and seven social accounts of race, Hochman develops and defends the view in\u003cem\u003e The Race Illusion \u003c\/em\u003ethat there are no races, only racialized groups. He argues that rejecting 'race' as a category of analysis and replacing it with 'racialized group' is not only the most theoretically sound approach, but also the one best suited to fighting racism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Hochman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198926014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198926016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.49h x 5.80w x 0.83d","brand":"Adam Hochman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47136094388479,"sku":"9780198926016","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4044edb7-d204-4f0d-b45d-f9bde306fe4d.jpg?v=1755022327","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-race-illusion-adam-hochman-9780198926016","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}