Creolizing Subject : Race, Reason, and the Politics of Purity.

Creolizing Subject : Race, Reason, and the Politics of Purity.

How does our understanding of the reality (or lack thereof) of race as a category of being affect our understanding of racism as a social phenomenon, and vice versa? This book focuses on the underlying assumptions that inform this view of race and racism, arguing that it is ultimately bound up in a...

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Main Author: Monahan, Michael J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bronx : Fordham University Press, 2011.
Series:Just ideas.
Subjects:
Race relations > Philosophy.
Race > Philosophy.
Racism.
Race > Philosophy
Race relations > Philosophy
Racism
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Table of Contents:
  • ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Contingency, History, and Ontology: On Abolishing Whiteness""; ""Turbulent and Dangerous Spirits: Irish Servitude in Barbados""; ""Race and Biology: Scientific Reason and the Politics of Purity""; ""“Becomingâ€? White: Race, Reality, and Agency""; ""The Politics of Purity: Colonialism, Reason, and Modernity""; ""Creolizing Subjects: Antiracism and the Future of Philosophy""; ""Notes""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index""

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