Two core debates on the concept of race, 1943-1952

Abstract

This article examines the debates developed in two contexts: América Indígena journal and the indigenista sphere on the one hand and unesco and the discussion following World War II on the other, both emblematic of the disputes over the concept of race in the mid-20th century. Due to their contents and scope, these debates have a significance that goes beyond thecircumstances in which they took place, althoughfew periods have been as propitious for these controversies as the 1940s and 1950s.