Not So Black and White e-bog
154,35 DKK
(inkl. moms 192,94 DKK)
Is white privilege real? How racist is the working class? Why has left-wing antisemitism grown? Who benefits most when anti-racists speak in racial terms?The culture wars have generated ferocious argument, but little clarity. This book takes the long view, explaining the real origins of race in Western thought, and tracing its path from those beginnings in the Enlightenment all the way to our o...
E-bog
154,35 DKK
Forlag
Hurst Publishers
Udgivet
5 januar 2023
Længde
328 sider
Genrer
Social discrimination and social justice
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781805260011
Is white privilege real? How racist is the working class? Why has left-wing antisemitism grown? Who benefits most when anti-racists speak in racial terms?The culture wars have generated ferocious argument, but little clarity. This book takes the long view, explaining the real origins of race in Western thought, and tracing its path from those beginnings in the Enlightenment all the way to our own fractious world. In doing so, leading thinker Kenan Malik upends many assumptions underpinning todays heated debates around race, culture, whiteness and privilege.Malik interweaves this history of ideas with a parallel narrative: the story of the modern Wests long, failed struggle to escape ideas of race, leaving us with a world riven by identity politics. Through these accounts, he challenges received wisdom, revealing the forgotten history of a racialised working class, and questioning fashionable concepts like cultural appropriation.Not So Black and Whiteis both a lucid history rewriting the story of race, and an elegant polemic making an anti-racist case against the politics of identity.