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Persistence of Race.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: SUN PReSS 2020.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • The STIAS series
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Contributors
  • An introduction
  • SECTION I: How the Stage was Set
  • 01: Racism's workshop
  • Introduction
  • Prejudice
  • Hate
  • Some issues: How do prejudice and hate work? Do they work differently?
  • A way forward: Between prejudice and hate
  • References
  • 02: An unlikely turning point
  • Skin lightening in historical context
  • The commercial development of skin lighteners in the United States and South Africa
  • The rise of skin bleaching in South Africa
  • Conclusion: The introduction of skin bleaches into South Africa was a genuine turning point
  • References
  • 03: Settler-colonialism, nationalism and geopolitical politics
  • Introduction
  • Prehistory
  • South Africa's strategic position
  • Race, racialism and racism in settler, colonial or nationalist South Africa
  • The first encounter with mercantile Europeans
  • Early ideas were not embedded in race, but in terms of religion, monetary worth and location
  • Dutch identity emerges in reaction to British economic colonialism
  • Modern imperialistic capitalism and colonialism
  • Dutch settlers cement the concept of Afrikaners
  • The British seek to crush emerging Afrikaner identity
  • Complex interplay between groups of the South African population
  • Anti-British elements seek theories and allies on the global stage
  • Early communism
  • Afrikaner nationalism looks to Europe
  • Post-World War I social experiments in Europe
  • The British colonialist attitude after the start of decolonialism
  • Indigenous people respond to nationalist provocation
  • Multicultural support for more equal treatment moves to the left
  • Communism amongst African indigenous groups
  • International response to perceived communist threat
  • Later Dutch-Afrikaner attitudes
  • Discussion of turning points
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • 04: From settler to postcolonial
  • The importance of nation-states
  • Four main roads to a nation-state
  • South Africa as a settler-state
  • Racial rehabilitations
  • Options and meanings of 1994
  • Postcolonial South Africa
  • Envoi
  • References
  • SECTION II: Assessment and Future Prospects
  • 05: Ways of being
  • Introduction: From here to there
  • But where to start?
  • Here
  • What
  • Why?
  • How
  • Recognition of the obstacles
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 06: The effects of racism on the human body
  • Introduction
  • The hidden scourge of race-thinking and racism
  • The lasting effects of stress caused by racism
  • Epigenetic information does not mean "no hope"
  • References
  • 07: Knowing and being
  • Introduction
  • So what do we know about "race"?
  • Classification: The power of normative orders versus the consequences of knowing
  • The politics of positionality
  • Concluding thoughts: How would ethical thinking be brought about?
  • References
  • 08: Semantics in the philosophy of race