Arena of Racism

Informationen zum Autor Michel Wieviorka is president of the International Sociological Association. Klappentext In this vital addition to the sociological literature on racism, Michel Wieviorka presents a detailed and revisionary analysis of the vocabulary of racism (prejudice, discrimination, segregation and violence), arguing that racism is not reducible to these elementary forms. He shows how the experiences of institutionalized racism in America and anti-Semitism in Europe can be analyzed to provide an understanding of the complex transition from race to racism. As cultural identies are more and more fragmented in our societies, as the social relations defined by industrial capitalism are in decline, so too are ideas of progress and universality. It is in this context of postmodern social and economic flux that Wieviorka puts forward a definition of racism. He demonstrates that racism has to be understood as an action related to factors fixed in the dislocation between the social and the communal. Zusammenfassung Presents an analysis of the vocabulary of racism (prejudice! discrimination! segregation and violence)! arguing that racism is not reducible to these elementary forms. This title shows how the experiences of racism in America and anti-Semitism in Europe can be analyzed to provide an understanding of the complex transition from race to racism. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: FROM RACE TO RACISM Introduction Race as Explanatory Principle Race Relations Prejudice and Personality Racism as Ideology Conclusion PART TWO: THE ELEMENTARY FORMS OF RACISM Introduction Levels and Logics of Racism Prejudice Segregation, Discrimination Racist Violence Conclusion PART THREE: THE UNITY OF RACISM Introduction Social Movements and Racism Two Patterns of Racism Communal Identity and Racism Conclusion The Unity of Racism ...

Product details

• Authors: Michael Wieviorka, Michel Wieviorka, Wieviorka Michel
• Assisted by: Chris Turner (Translation)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.07.1995
• EAN: 9780803978812
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-7881-2
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Sociology & anthropology, Social and ethical issues, Cultural Studies;Social Theory