Meaning of Race Race, History, and Culture in Western Society

Name: Meaning of Race Race, History, and Culture in Western Society
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ISBN: 9780814755532

ISBN-10: 0814755534

ISBN-13: 9780814755532

Edition: 1996

Authors: Kenan Malik

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Today, race seems to be both everywhere and nowhere. There still exists a general abhorrence about discriminating between people according to their race. And yet, people are continually categorized according to their race--Afro- Caribbean, white, Jewish--though we often have difficulty in defining just what race is. Everything from criminality to the entrepreneurial spirit is given a racial connotation--witness stereotypes of black muggers or Asian shopkeepers.The Meaning of Race argues that the social meaning of race in modern society emerges from the contradiction between an ideological commitment to equality and the persistence of inequality as a practical reality. Kenan Malik here…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 8/1/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 323
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction



Beyond the Liberal Hour



The Social Limits to Equality



The Making of a Discourse of Race



Race in the Age of Democracy



Race, Culture and Nationhood



From Biological Hierarchy to Cultural Diversity



Cultural Wars



Universalism, Humanism and the Discourse of Race



Equality and Emancipation


Notes and References


Bibliography


Index