Antiracist discourse : theory and history of a macromovement

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Antiracist discourse : theory and history of a macromovement

Teun A. van Dijk

Cambridge University Press, 2021

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-285) and index

Summary: "Most research in Critical Discourse Studies (CDS) focuses on social power abuse and not on the resistance against such domination. Similarly, most of my own earlier critical studies deal with the discursive reproduction of racism as a form of ethnic domination, and not with antiracist discourse challenging prevailing discriminatory practices and prejudice. By examining the history and some of the properties of antiracist text and talk, this book is a necessary complement to my earlier analyses of discursive racism in politics, the media and education"-- Provided by publisher

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  • Introduction
  • Theoretical framework
  • First writings against slavery
  • Abolitionist discourse of the Quakers
  • Black resistance against slavery and discrimination
  • The civil rights movement
  • Jewish resistance against antisemitism
  • Postwar antiracist discourse from UNESCO to Black Lives Matter
  • Conclusions

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Antiracism is a global and historical social movement of resistance and solidarity, yet there have been relatively few books focusing on it as a subject in its own right. After his earlier books on racist discourse, Teun A. van Dijk provides a theory of antiracism along with a history of discourse against slavery, racism and antisemitism. He first develops a multidisciplinary theory of antiracism, highlighting especially the role of discourse and cognition as forms of resistance and solidarity. He then covers the history of antiracist discourse, including antislavery and abolition discourse between the 16th and 19th century, antiracist discourse by white and black authors until the Civil Rights Movement and Black Lives Matter, and Jewish critical analysis of antisemitic ideas and discourse since the early 19th century. It is essential reading for anyone interested in how racism and antisemitism have been critically analysed and resisted in antislavery and antiracist discourse.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Theoretical framework
  • 3. First writings against slavery
  • 4. Abolitionist discourse of the Quakers
  • 5. Black resistance against slavery and discrimination
  • 6. The civil rights movement
  • 7. Jewish resistance against antisemitism
  • 8. Postwar antiracist discourse from UNESCO to Black Lives Matter
  • 9. Conclusions.

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