From Class to Race: Essays in White Marxism and Black RadicalismIn From Class to Race, Charles Mills maps the theoretical route that brought him to the innovative conceptual framework outlined in his academic bestseller The Racial Contract (1997). Mills argues for a new critical theory that develops the insights of the black radical political tradition. While challenging conventional interpretations of key Marxist concepts and claims, the author contends that Marxism has been 'white' insofar as it has failed to recognize the centrality of race and white supremacy to the making of the modern world. By appealing to both mainstream liberal values and the structuralism traditionally associated with the left, Mills asserts that critical race theory can radicalize the mainstream Enlightenment and develop a new kind of contractarianism that deals frontally with race and other forms of social oppression rather than evading them. |
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... ( chapters 1-4 ) , is located in this tradition , at least to the extent that in these four chapters I explore some of the classic themes and problems in historical materialism : ideology , the precise significance of " materialism ...
... ( chapters 1-4 ) , is located in this tradition , at least to the extent that in these four chapters I explore some of the classic themes and problems in historical materialism : ideology , the precise significance of " materialism ...
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... ( chapters 5 and 6 ) , explores what has traditionally been a problem area for Marxist theory : a major human di- vision whose significance is awkwardly accommodated within orthodox Marxist categories . Throughout the twentieth century ...
... ( chapters 5 and 6 ) , explores what has traditionally been a problem area for Marxist theory : a major human di- vision whose significance is awkwardly accommodated within orthodox Marxist categories . Throughout the twentieth century ...
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... chapters 7 and 8 , accordingly , I try to map out how the idea of white supremacy could fruitfully inform descriptive and nor- mative critical race theory . Finally , in chapter 9 , the concluding chapter in the book , I draw on an ...
... chapters 7 and 8 , accordingly , I try to map out how the idea of white supremacy could fruitfully inform descriptive and nor- mative critical race theory . Finally , in chapter 9 , the concluding chapter in the book , I draw on an ...
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