Racism and Anti-Racism in Europe

Alana Lentin

Description

‘Remarkable ... a major contribution to our understanding and handling of one of the crucial contemporary issues that acquires more gravity by the day.’ Zygmunt Bauman



This is an in-depth sociological study of the phenomenon of anti-racism, as both political discourse and social movement practice in western Europe.



Lentin develops a comparative study of anti-racism in Britain, France, Italy and Ireland. While ‘race’ and racism have been submitted to many profound analyses, anti-racism has often been dealt with as either the mere opposite of racism or as a theme for prescriptives or polemics by those concerned with the persistence of racist discrimination.



By contrast, this book views anti-racism as a variety of discourses that are central to the understanding of the politics of modern states. Examining anti-racism gives us insights not only into current debates on citizenship, immigration and Europeanisation, but it also crucially assists us in understanding the nature of race, racism and racialisation themselves.



At a time of mounting state racism against asylum seekers, migrants and refugees throughout Europe and beyond, this book provides a much-needed exploration of the discourse of anti-racism that shapes policy and public opinion today.
Acknowledgements

List of Interviews

Introduction. Anti-Racism, Sociology and the Political

1. ‘Race’ & State: European modernity and the political idea of ‘race’

2. Explaining Racism: Anti-racist discourse between culture and the state

3. Anti-Racist Orientations: France, Britain, Ireland, Italy

4. Anti-Racism as Public Political Culture

5. Who Says What For Whom and From Where? Anti-racism and political representation

Conclusion. Anti-Racist Futures: A sense of déjà vu or a journey into the unknown?

Bibliography

Index

Sujets

• Political Ideologies
• Political Science
• Democracy

Informations

• Publié par: Pluto Press
• Date de parution: 20 juin 2004
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781783718641
• Langue: English

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Racism and Anti-Racism in Europe

Racism and Anti-Racism in Europe

Alana Lentin

First published 2004 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA and 839 Greene Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA

Copyright © Alana Lentin 2004

The right of Alana Lentin to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  Lentin, Alana.  Racism and anti-racism in Europe / Alana Lentin.  p. cm.  Includes bibliographical references.  ISBN 0-7453-2221-2 - ISBN 0-7453-2220-4 (pbk.)  1. Europe, Western - Ethnic relations. 2. Racism - Europe,  Western. I. Title.

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