New Book On Race, Genetics and History

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This pseudo-scientific perspective slips into bathos when Mr. Wade writes: “Religion was crucial in detribalization and then in instituting the rule of law.” Which religion? Islam?! Has he read history or noticed the crucible of tribalism in the Muslim Middle East and in Africa and Asia? I guess he must mean Judeo-Christianity, whose doctrines and practices have detribalized as well as established the rule of law in much of the world.
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with Wade’s narrow understanding of history, anthropology, and theology, he also repeats the legend that Islam was more advanced than the West until the so-called Renaissance. This legend gained traction because Islam in its conquests of Egypt, Persia, and Byzantium translated their works into Arabic, making it appear that the contributions of the dhimmis were products of Islam. But conflating Islam with these superior though subjugated civilizations is inaccurate.
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Mr. Wade’s work does not perform that service. In the meantime, read books by Thomas Sowell, especially Race & Culture, for a rich perspective on the differences between various peoples and how they shape their environments and vice versa.

http://americanthinker.com/2014/09/a_troubling_book_nicholas_wades_genetic_theory_of_race_and_history.html

September 13, 2014
A Troubling Book: Nicholas Wade's Genetic Theory of Race and History
By Terry Scambray