The arena of racism

338 Pages·1995·0.93 MB·English

by  Michel Wieviorka

The Arena of Racism Theory, Culture &
title:
Society (Unnumbered)
author: Wieviorka, Michel.
publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
isbn10 | asin: 0803978804
print isbn13: 9780803978805
ebook isbn13: 9780585326177
language: English
subject Racism, Racism--France.
publication date: 1995
lcc: HT1521.W5313 1995eb
ddc: 305.8
subject: Racism, Racism--France.
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The Arena of Racism
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The Arena of Racism
Michel Wieviorka
Translated by Chris Turner
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English translation © Sage Publications 1995
First published in English in 1995
Originally published in French as L'Espace du Racisme by Les
Éditions du Seuil, Paris
© Les Éditions du Seuil 1991
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Ministry of Culture
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to my parents
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements x
Preface xi
Part One: From Race to Racism
Introduction 1
1. Race as Explanatory Principle 3
1. Europe and the Idea of Race 3
2. Alexis de Tocqueville and Max Weber 6
3. Social Thought and Race in the United States 9
2. Race Relations 11
1. An Evolutionistic Optimism 12
2. Race Relations and Race Consciousness 13
3. Race, Caste and Class 15
3. Prejudice and Personality 17
1. From Race Relations to Theories of Prejudice 17
2. The American Dilemma 18
3. Racism and Personality 21
4. The Fragmentation of the Object 23
4. Racism as Ideology 26
1. Racist Ideology 26
2. Racism as Modern Ideology 28
3. Racism as Myth 31
Conclusion 34
Part Two: The Elementary Forms of Racism
Introduction 36
5. Levels and Logics of Racism 38
1. The empirical space of racism 38
2. Fragmentation and Fusion 40
3. Difference and Inequality 42