We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident... - An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Roots of Racism Slavery in America

Informationen zum Autor By Kenneth N. Addison Klappentext 'We hold these truths to be self evident_' An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Roots of Racism and Slavery in America delves into the philosophical, historical, socio/cultural and political evolution of racism and slavery in America. Zusammenfassung 'We hold these truths to be self evident_' An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Roots of Racism and Slavery in America delves into the philosophical! historical! socio/cultural and political evolution of racism and slavery in America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Part One: The Architecture of Hegemony: Western Ascension, Race, and World Dominance Chapter 2 1. Philosophy: Western Culture's Rosetta Stone Chapter 3 2. Eurocentrism: The Metaphysics of Western Hegemony Chapter 4 3. Imperialism: A Teleological Analysis of Western Ascension Chapter 5 4. Racism: Cornerstone of American Privilege Part 6 Part Two: A Pyramid of Privilege: The Structure of American Inequality Chapter 7 5. Slavery: The Bedrock of English Colonial Privilege Chapter 8 6. The Constitution: A Guarantor of Property Rights and a Blueprint for Racial Inequality Chapter 9 7. Black Labor/ White Wealth: Slavery's Role in Constructing America's Pyramid of Privilege Chapter 10 8. Black Observations from the Shadow of the Pyramid

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• Authors: Kenneth N Addison, Kenneth N. Addison, Addison Kenneth N.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2009
• EAN: 9780761843306
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-4330-6
• No. of pages: 492
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, Social discrimination & inequality, Social discrimination & equal treatment, Slavery & abolition of slavery, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination