02748nam 2200637 a 450 991082188350332120200520144314.00-8232-4071-10-8232-4740-6(CKB)3240000000064844(EBL)3239573(OCoLC)923763636(SSID)ssj0000535520(PQKBManifestationID)11359117(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535520(PQKBWorkID)10545937(PQKB)10690260(StDuBDS)EDZ0000035313(MiAaPQ)EBC3239573(OCoLC)732958804(MdBmJHUP)muse14962(Au-PeEL)EBL3239573(CaPaEBR)ebr10470367(EXLCZ)99324000000006484420110218d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe creolizing subject race, reason, and the politics of purity /Michael J. Monahan1st ed.New York Fordham University Press20111 online resource (261 p.)Just ideasDescription based upon print version of record.0-8232-3449-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Just ideas.RacePhilosophyRace relationsPhilosophyRacismRacePhilosophy.Race relationsPhilosophy.Racism.305.8001Monahan Michael J1684958MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821883503321The creolizing subject4056738UNINA