The Reeducation of Race: Jewishness and the Politics of Antiracism in Postcolonial Thought

by Sonali Thakkar

Book Overview

World War II produced a fundamental shift in modern racial discourse. In the postwar period, racism was situated for the first time at the center of international political life, and race's status as conceptual common sense and a justification for colonial rule was challenged with new intensity. In response to this crisis of race, the UN and UNESCO initiated a project of racial reeducation. This global antiracist campaign was framed by the persecution...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503636445
• ISBN13: 9781503636446
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"