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Autore |
Monahan Michael J |
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Titolo |
The creolizing subject [[electronic resource] ] : race, reason, and the politics of purity / / Michael J. Monahan |
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New York, : Fordham University Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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0-8232-4071-1 |
0-8232-4740-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (261 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Race - Philosophy |
Race relations - Philosophy |
Racism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 -- "Becoming" white : race, reality, and agency -- The politics of purity : colonialism, reason, and modernity -- Creolizing subjects : antiracism and the future of philosophy. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 politics of purity-an understanding of human agency, and reality itself, as requiring all-or-nothing categories with clear and unambiguous boundaries. Monahan calls for the emergence of a creolizing subjectivity that would place such ambiguity at the center of our understanding of race. |
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