Racism, Modernity and Identity

On the Western Front
1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-0-7456-0942-3
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 146 mm x 214 mm, Gewicht: 494 g

This book analyses racism and changing ethnicities in Europe and the US in the context of new forms of global dislocation, economic recession, the resurgence of ne0-Fascism, and a widespread sense of the crisis of Western modernity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Westwood, Sallie

Rattansi, Ali

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Contributors.

Modern Racisms, Racialized Identities: Ali Rattansi and Sallie Westwood.

Part I: Racism and "Postmodernity".

1. 'Western' Racisms, Ethnicities and Identitities in a 'Postmodern' Frame: Ali Rattansi.

2. Exploring Other Zones of the Postmodern: Problems of Ethnocentrism and Difference across the North-South Divide: David Slater.

Part II: The Western Front.

3. Unpacking the West: How European is Europe? Jan Nederveen Pieterse.

4. Egypt in America: Black Athena, Racism and Colonial Discourse: Robert Young.

Part III: Racisms and Modernity in Europe.

5. Racism in Europe: Unity and Diversity: Michel Wieviorka.

6. Explaining Racism in Contemporary Europe: Robert Miles.

7. Universalism and Difference: The Crisis of Anti-Racism in the UK and France: Cathie Lloyd.

Part IV: Racialised Identities, Local and Global.

8. Racism, Mental Illness and the Politics of Identity: Sallie Westwood.

9. Racial Formation and Hegemony: Global and Local Developments: Howard Winant.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Sallie Westwood and Ali Rattansi are the authors of Racism, Modernity and Identity: On the Western Front, published by Wiley.