Seeing Through Race

Informationen zum Autor W. J. T. Mitchell is Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Service Professor at University of Chicago. Klappentext According to Mitchell! a "color-blind" post-racial world is neither achievable nor desirable. Against claims that race is an outmoded construct! he contends that race is not simply something to be seen but is a fundamental medium through which we experience human otherness. Race also makes racism visible and is thus our best weapon against it. Zusammenfassung According to Mitchell, a “color-blind” post-racial world is neither achievable nor desirable. Against claims that race is an outmoded construct, he contends that race is not simply something to be seen but is a fundamental medium through which we experience human otherness. Race also makes racism visible and is thus our best weapon against it.

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• Authors: W. J. T. Mitchell
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.05.2012
• EAN: 9780674059818
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05981-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures; The W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General, Politics & government