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Associate Professor, Université de Paris

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About Me
Claude-Olivier Doron is an associate professor in history of philosophy of sciences, he works mainly on a long term history of the concepts of "race" and of degeneration, focusing in particular on the history of racial science in late XVIIIth-early XIXth century, the history of psychiatry and forensics in the XIXth century France, and, more recently, on the history of the notion of "race" in genetics and anthropology after 1945. He has published various articles on these questions and a book L'homme altéré. Races et dégénérescence (XVIIe-XIXe siècles) that on the history of race and degeneration. He is also the editor of different Michel Foucault's courses as Théories et institutions pénales (2015) and more recently the Cours sur la sexualité (2018)

1. Many Shades Of “Race”: Variations In The Concept Of Race In French Sero-Anthropology Between The 1940s And The 1970s

1. Population Variability And Human Types: Exploring The Scientific Uses Of Race From The 1940s To The 1990s - 24 Jul, 2019