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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 67
Page ii
... theoretical and activist concerns about class , gender , and race , seeking to learn from as well as nourish social liberation movements . Phenomenology of Chicana Experience and Identity : Communication and Transformation in Praxis by ...
... theoretical and activist concerns about class , gender , and race , seeking to learn from as well as nourish social liberation movements . Phenomenology of Chicana Experience and Identity : Communication and Transformation in Praxis by ...
Page xiii
... theoretical . ( 1997 ) , it may come as a revelation that I started out as a Marxist and a fairly orthodox one at that . ( This revelation will be particularly surpris- ing for those left - wing readers and reviewers who were critical ...
... theoretical . ( 1997 ) , it may come as a revelation that I started out as a Marxist and a fairly orthodox one at that . ( This revelation will be particularly surpris- ing for those left - wing readers and reviewers who were critical ...
Page xv
... theoretical impli- cations would be : in short , the familiar role of philosophy as underlaborer . As such , the first three chapters in this section are heavily textual , and I make no apologies for that . Of course , some critics ...
... theoretical impli- cations would be : in short , the familiar role of philosophy as underlaborer . As such , the first three chapters in this section are heavily textual , and I make no apologies for that . Of course , some critics ...
Page xvi
... theoretical centering of oppression , and its promise of libera- tion . But many of these recruits would later become disillusioned , both with Marxist theory and the practice of actual ( white ) Marxist parties . The historical vision ...
... theoretical centering of oppression , and its promise of libera- tion . But many of these recruits would later become disillusioned , both with Marxist theory and the practice of actual ( white ) Marxist parties . The historical vision ...
Page xvii
... theoretical synthesis , and I simply focus on racial oppression as a system in its own right . As such , these final three chapters bring me to where I am today : using white supremacy as a theoretical framework , recognition of which ...
... theoretical synthesis , and I simply focus on racial oppression as a system in its own right . As such , these final three chapters bring me to where I am today : using white supremacy as a theoretical framework , recognition of which ...
Other editions - View all
From Class to Race: Essays in White Marxism and Black Radicalism Charles Wade Mills Limited preview - 2003 |
Common terms and phrases
actual Analytical Marxism argue argument belief bourgeois capitalism capitalist causal central chapter cites claim cognitive Cohen color Communist conception of ideology consciousness contractarianism critical race theory critical theory critique crucial culture differential economic epistemic equal ethical European example existence explain exploitation fact false false consciousness feminist framework Garcia gender German Ideology global historical materialism human ideal idealistic ideational ideologists implications interpretation kind labor liberal mainstream Marx and Engels Marx's Marxist theory materialist McCarney McCarney's metaethical Mills moral Native Americans natural neutral Nielsen nonwhites normative obviously one's ontological oppression original passages pejorative philosophy political position problem question Racial Contract racial justice racism radical reality reference relations of production revolutionary role sense simply social contract theory socialist structure subordination superstructure term textual theoretical theorists tion tradition underclass white racism white supremacy workers writings Young Hegelians