According to W. J. T. Mitchell, a "color-blind" post-racial world
is neither achievable nor desirable. Against popular claims that
race is an outmoded construct that distracts from more important
issues, Mitchell contends that race remains essential to our
understanding of social reality. Race is not simply something to be
seen but is among the fundamental media through which we experience
human otherness. Race also makes racism visible and is thus our
best weapon against it. The power of race becomes most apparent at
times when pedagogy fails, the lesson is unclear, and everyone has
something to learn. Mitchell identifies three such moments in
America's recent racial history. First is the post-Civil Rights
moment of theory, in which race and racism have been subject to
renewed philosophical inquiry. Second is the moment of blackness,
epitomized by the election of Barack Obama and accompanying images
of blackness in politics and popular culture. Third is the "Semitic
Moment" in Israel-Palestine, where race and racism converge in new
forms of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. Mitchell brings visual
culture, iconology, and media studies to bear on his discussion of
these critical turning points in our understanding of the relation
between race and racism.
General
| Imprint: |
Harvard University Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
The W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures |
| Release date: |
May 2012 |
| First published: |
May 2012 |
| Authors: |
W.J.T. Mitchell
|
| Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With printed dust jacket
|
| Pages: |
248 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-05981-8 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
Ethnic studies >
General
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-674-05981-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780674059818 |
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