The Creolizing Subject: Race, Reason, and the Politics of Purity

by Michael J. Monahan

Book Overview

How does our understanding of the reality (or lack thereof ) of race as a category of being affect our understanding of racism as a social phenomenon, and vice versa? How should we envision the aims and methods of our struggles against racism?

Traditionally, the Western political and philosophical tradition held that true social justice points toward a raceless future--that racial categories are themselves inherently racist, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823234509
• ISBN13: 9780823234509
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.0" x 9.0"