Strange Fruit: Why Both Sides are Wrong in the Race Debate - Hardcover

"Kenan Malik delivers a withering critique of what he sees as the racial view of the world. In doing so his arguments are a challenge to all those who seek to better understand the continuing debates about race and racism in our changing global environment." -- John Solomos, Head of the Sociology Department, City University, London and author of Race and Racism in Britain (2003)

"Society changes, science moves on, but race remains the most uneasy and confused of topics. Cutting through the confusion, Kenan Malik's lucid and vivid account is essential reading for anybody who wants to think sensibly about race and human diversity." -- Marek Kohn, Journalist and author of The Race Gallery: The Return of Racial Science

"A timely book, Donna Dickenson's intelligent and disturbing polemic attacks the complacency of doctors and legislators across the political spectrum who see the increasing commoditisation of human tissue-from gene patenting and egg donation to transplant tissue and modern-day grave robbing as inevitable and irreversible." -- Review (supp to The Observer)

"For anyone who finds themselves confused or bemused by the 'race debate', and perhaps even more so for those who know exactly where they stand, Strange Fruit, Kenan Malik's excellent new book, is essential reading. Malik is one of the most interesting and perceptive voices operating in the disputed territory where science, culture and politics meet. A stalwart defender of free speech, he is a formidable enemy of fuzzy or wishful thinking." -- The Observer, 29 June, 2008

"Strange Fruit: Why Both Sides Are Wrong in the Race Debate has ignited a firestorm of controversy within the scientific community......Malik's extended argument for recognizing the complexity of racial identification is well worth reading for the clarity and insight he brings to the discussion." -- Magill Book Reviews for MagillOnLiteraturePlus and Liberary Reference Center

"Stripping away layers of pseudo-science and taken-for-granted prejudices, paying no dues to political correctness, he has written a penetrating critique." -- Adam Kuper, Professor of Anthropology, Brunel University, London

"Three cheers for Malik's rationalism" -- New Scientist, June 21, 2008

"[Malik's] tone is measured and his arguments well grounded. And underpinning his lucid and important book is a fundamental belief in universal human dignity." -- Financial Times, June 16, 2008

'Body Shopping' contains salutary lessons in medical ethics, and demonstrates the frightening speed with which the formerly grotesque can become accepted as the norm. The interested layman, medical or biomedical student will find the book informative and thought-provoking.
-- Bionews - Journal of the Progress Educational Trust

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