Rethinking Racism - The Idea in History and Society

Accusations of racism by both the progressive left and populist right have become increasingly politicized in this age of rupture. Rethinking Racism captures this moment and movement, in which the concept of racism is evolving in response to shifting discourses and emergent realities. Drawing on a wealth of experience in this field and a lifetime of commitment to antiracism, author Augie Fleras challenges the reader to rethink conventional ideas about how we see, think, and debate racism at a time when the concept is difficult to pin down. The book breaks new ground by exploring how racism is framed and tracked, from the visible tip of a racial iceberg to the submerged mass of biases and barriers, rooted in the systems and structures of a racialized society. In framing racism as a default feature rather than a collateral glitch, the book demonstrates how a critically informed approach to antiracism and EDI interventions must acknowledge the inescapable: racism is not just the elephant in the room; the elephant is the room.

List of contents

Preface - What Makes Racism, Racism? - Historicizing Racism: An Evolving Idea - Defining Racism, Embracing Complexity - Theorizing Racism: Ideological, Structural, Experiential - Rooting Out Racism: Rethinking Antiracism - "Changing the Lens": Towards a Postracism - References - Index.

About the author

A now retired professor of Sociology, Augie Fleras has published extensively across the fi eld of social inequality, including race, immigrant, and Indigenous relations; media and minorities; and multiculturalism. He earned his doctorate in Anthropology and Maori Studies from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. In 2018, he received a lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association.

Product details

• Authors: Augie Fleras, Fleras Augie
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.03.2025
• EAN: 9781636679426
• ISBN: 978-1-63667-942-6
• No. of pages: 154
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 12 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 326 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; History, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Society, HISTORY / General, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Race, Racism, Social welfare & social services, idea, Critical Race Theory, Antiracism, Social and cultural history, Sociology & anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Violence, intolerance and persecution in history, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Systemic racism, Rethinking, Social welfare, social policy and social services, Structural Racism, Fleras, Augie, ideological racism, online racism, experiential racism, microaggression, post-racism, racism by default, racialized society