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A powerful new history of the idea of race, forcing us to rethink
today's culture wars. Is white privilege real? How racist is the
working class? Why has left-wing antisemitism grown? Who benefits
most when anti-racists speak in racial terms? The 'culture wars'
have generated ferocious argument, but little clarity. This book
takes the long view, explaining the real origins of 'race' in
Western thought, and tracing its path from those beginnings in the
Enlightenment all the way to our own fractious world. In doing so,
leading thinker Kenan Malik upends many assumptions underpinning
today's heated debates around race, culture, whiteness and
privilege. Malik interweaves this history of ideas with a parallel
narrative: the story of the modern West's long, failed struggle to
escape ideas of race, leaving us with a world riven by identity
politics. Through these accounts, he challenges received wisdom,
revealing the forgotten history of a racialised working class, and
questioning fashionable concepts like cultural appropriation. Not
So Black and White is both a lucid history rewriting the story of
race, and an elegant polemic making an anti-racist case against the
politics of identity.
Kenan Malik has done the almost impossible: written a clear and
dispassionate book about a murky and passionate subject. He shows
how the old errors and lies about race, class and genes have been
reborn wearing a new disguise. If you believed The Bell Curve, this
book will change your mind.' - Professor Steve Jones, author, The
Language of The Genes and In the Blood; Illuminating, often
provocative, and always stimulating, The Meaning of Race reveals
how central race is to our ways of thinking and doing, so central
that we do not often recognise it as such.' - Marek Kohn, author,
The Race Gallery; Kenan Malik's exploration of the race question'
is timely and incisive. Read it and be challenged.' - A Sivanandan,
editor, Race and Class;In The Meaning of Race, Kenan Malik throws
new light on the nature and origins of ideas of racial difference.
He reconstructs the evolution of the modern discourse of race and
investigates its meaning in contemporary society. Arguing that the
concept of 'race' is a means through which Western society has come
to understand the relationship between humanity, society and
nature, the book re-examines the relationship between Enlightenment
thought and ra
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 follows the
development of racial ideology over the past two hundred years,
tracing the different forms it has taken, from biological theories
of race to the relationship between race and culture. Specific
attention is focused on the impact of the break up of the postwar
order and the end of the Cold War and the concomitant
repoliticisation of the notion of racial difference. Malik goes on
to critique the poststructuralist and postmodern theories of
difference which have become the backbone of contemporary
antiracist discourse, and to examine the possibility of
transcending the discourse of race. Kenan Malik is a freelance
journalist, lecturer, and broadcaster specializing in issues of
race, politics, and the Third World. He has been a regular
contributor to such newspapers as The Guardian and Independent.
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 follows the
development of racial ideology over the past two hundred years,
tracing the different forms it has taken, from biological theories
of race to the relationship between race and culture. Specific
attention is focused on the impact of the break up of the postwar
order and the end of the Cold War and the concomitant
repoliticisation of the notion of racial difference. Malik goes on
to critique the poststructuralist and postmodern theories of
difference which have become the backbone of contemporary
antiracist discourse, and to examine the possibility of
transcending the discourse of race. Kenan Malik is a freelance
journalist, lecturer, and broadcaster specializing in issues of
race, politics, and the Third World. He has been a regular
contributor to such newspapers as The Guardian and Independent.
Almost thirty years ago, the image of burning copies of Salman
Rushdie's The Satanic Verses held aloft by thousand-strong mobs of
protesters became an internationally familiar symbol of anger and
offence. In From Fatwa to Jihad, Kenan Malik reveals how the
Rushdie affair transformed the debate worldwide on
multiculturalism, tolerance and free speech, helped fuel the rise
of radical Islam and pointed the way to the horrors of 9/11 and
7/7. In this new edition, Malik examines the rise of home-grown
jihadis, the threat of IS-inspired terrorism in Europe and how the
West has failed to learn the lessons of the past.
In this remarkable and groundbreaking book, Kenan Malik explores
the history of moral thought as it has developed over three
millennia, from Homer's Greece to Mao's China, from ancient India
to modern America. It tells the stories of the great philosophers,
and breathes life into their ideas, while also challenging many of
our most cherished moral beliefs. Engaging and provocative, The
Quest for a Moral Compass confronts some of humanity's deepest
questions. Where do values come from? Is God necessary for moral
guidance? Are there absolute moral truths? It also brings morality
down to earth, showing how, throughout history, social needs and
political desires have shaped moral thinking. It is a history of
the world told through the history of moral thought, and a history
of moral thought that casts new light on global history. At a time
of great social turbulence and moral uncertainty, there will be few
histories more important than this.
Our contemporary celebration of difference, respect for pluralism,
and avowal of identity politics have come to be regarded as the
hallmarks of a progressive, modern democracy. Yet despite embracing
many of its values, we have at the same time become wary of
multiculturalism in recent years.
In the wake of September 11, 2001 and the many terrorist attacks
that have occurred since then, there has been much debate about the
degree of diversity that Western nations can tolerate. In
"Multiculturalism and its Discontents," Kenan Malik looks closely
at the role of multiculturalism within terrorism and societal
discontent. He examines whether it is possible--or desirable--to
try to build a cohesive society bound by common values and he
delves into the increasing anxiety about the presence of the Other
within our borders."
Multiculturalism and its Discontents" not only explores the
relationship between multiculturalism and terrorism, but it
analyzes the history of the idea of multiculturalism alongside its
political roots and social consequences.
Kenan Malik has done the almost impossible: written a clear and
dispassionate book about a murky and passionate subject. He shows
how the old errors and lies about race, class and genes have been
reborn wearing a new disguise. If you believed The Bell Curve, this
book will change your mind.' - Professor Steve Jones, author, The
Language of The Genes and In the Blood; Illuminating, often
provocative, and always stimulating, The Meaning of Race reveals
how central race is to our ways of thinking and doing, so central
that we do not often recognise it as such.' - Marek Kohn, author,
The Race Gallery; Kenan Malik's exploration of the race question'
is timely and incisive. Read it and be challenged.' - A Sivanandan,
editor, Race and Class;In The Meaning of Race, Kenan Malik throws
new light on the nature and origins of ideas of racial difference.
He reconstructs the evolution of the modern discourse of race and
investigates its meaning in contemporary society. Arguing that the
concept of 'race' is a means through which Western society has come
to understand the relationship between humanity, society and
nature, the book re-examines the relationship between Enlightenment
thought and ra
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