Racism - A Beginner's Guide

Zusatztext "Provides a perceptive and accessible overview both of the history of racism and of its contemporary forms … An outstanding choice for course adoption across the social sciences and humanities." Informationen zum Autor Alana Lentin is a lecturer in sociology at the University of Sussex. She is the author of Racism and Anti-Racism in Europe (2004) and is a regular contributor to openDemocracy.net. For more information please visit www.alanalentin.net. Klappentext Despite the long struggle to eliminate racism, it is still very much with us. In fact, since 9/11, racism appears to be on the rise, making it more important than ever before to understand the meaning of race and the effect it has on society. Alana Lentin maps the emergence and development of ideas about race through political history right up to modern debates about multiculturalism and Islamophobia, and considers the implications of a 'post-racial' society at a time when science has placed genetics over culture. Provocative and intelligent reading for the newcomer and expert alike, this invaluable resource exposes the roots of racial thought and demonstrates why it has remained crucial to our everyday lives. Zusammenfassung Informative and intelligent, this invaluable resource exposes the dangers of racist thought, and why it remains part of our everyday lives.

Product details

• Authors: Alana Lentin, Lentin Alana
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2008
• EAN: 9781851685431
• ISBN: 978-1-85168-543-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Beginner's Guides; Beginner's Guides
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Ethnic Studies, Social discrimination & inequality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Social discrimination and social justice, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity