In this timely and well-argued book, author Philip Nicholson offers
a provocative explanation of the force and place of race in modern
history, showing that race and nation have a linked history. Using
the deliberately ironic metaphor of the double helix, the author
shows the close historical connection of race and nation as each
interrelates with the other in shaping and carrying social and
institutional practices over many centuries.
Five themes recur throughout the work: modernity is built on the
twin pillars of race and nation;
national instability, rivalry, and imperial conquest -- outside
of dynastic, religious, or feudal disputes -- evoke differential
(i.e., racial) human social categories, loyalties, and
mythologies;
racial vilification emerges out of material and cultural
expropriation;
racial degradation is typically the inverse projection of
dominant national normative values, beliefs, or ideals; and
race and nation share in the twists and turns of modern history
and are inseparably linked and interdependent.
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