Race and racism
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Race and racism
（Oxford readings in philosophy）
Oxford University Press, 2001
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The eighteen essays in this new book deal with the meaning of two highly contested ideas: race and racism. Race is variously declared to be a self-evident fact of nature, a natural kind, a biological category, a political category, a social construction, an invention, and a fiction. Similarly, although racism is commonly defined as colour prejudice, some maintain that it is ill-will towards certain races; others that it is a belief, or sometimes an ideology or
theory of racial superiority and inferiroity; and still others that it is the practice of unjust racial discrimination.
In this volume, Bernard Boxill has collected a wide range of analytical writing that discusses the nature of these controversial ideas. With an introduction exploring the themes and conflicting ideas present in the book, and including a previously unpublished piece on the alleged racism of Immanuel Kant, this book will stimulate a critical understanding of the true meaning and far-reaching implications of an understanding of race and racism.
As part of the successful Oxford Readings in Philosophy series, this book engages the reader with a range of ideas that will contribute to a greater understanding of race and racism.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Race and Philosophic Meaning
- 2. Toward a Critical Theory of 'Race'
- 3. White Woman Feminist 1983-1992
- 4. Does Race Matter?
- 5. How Heritability Misleads about Race
- 6. Responses to Race Differences in Crime
- 7. Rights, Human Rights, and Racial Discrimination
- 8. Two Kinds of Discrimination
- 9. Difference, Cultural Racism and Anti-Racism
- 10. The Heart of Racism
- 11. Bakke's Case: Are Quotes Unfair?
- 12. Racism and Sexism
- 13. Sexism and Racism: Some Conceptual Differences
- 14. Group Autonomy and Narrative Identity: Blacks and Jews
- 15. African Identities
- 16. Social Movements and the Politics of Difference
- 17. Race, Multiculturalism and Democracy
- 18. Kant and Race
- Notes on the Contributors
- Bibliography
- Index
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