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.
About the Author
Alana Lentin is currently a research fellow at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. She has recently completed her PhD at the European Institute of Florence and has published many articles on racism. Alana Lentin is an antiracist race critical scholar working on the critical theorisation of race, racism and anti-racism. Her latest book is 'Why Race Still Matters' (Polity, 2020). She is currently editing the section on Antiracism Mobilisations and Resistance of the Routledge Encylopaedia of Race and Racism with Maria Elena Indelicato. She co-edits the Rowman and Littlefield International book series, Challenging Migration Studies, with Gavan Titley. She was the President of the Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association (2017-20).
Reviews
'A remarkable book. It is a major contribution to our understanding and handling of one of the crucial contemporary issues that acquires more import and gravity by the day' -- Zygmunt Bauman
'An excellent book, which enriches the tradition of political sociology conceptually, methodologically and substantively' -- Peter Wagner, Professor of Social and Political Sciences, European University Institute - Florence
Book Information
ISBN 9780745322209
Author Alana Lentin
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Pluto Press
Publisher Pluto Press
Weight(grams) 426g
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.
About the Author
Alana Lentin is currently a research fellow at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. She has recently completed her PhD at the European Institute of Florence and has published many articles on racism. Alana Lentin is an antiracist race critical scholar working on the critical theorisation of race, racism and anti-racism. Her latest book is 'Why Race Still Matters' (Polity, 2020). She is currently editing the section on Antiracism Mobilisations and Resistance of the Routledge Encylopaedia of Race and Racism with Maria Elena Indelicato. She co-edits the Rowman and Littlefield International book series, Challenging Migration Studies, with Gavan Titley. She was the President of the Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association (2017-20).
Reviews
'A remarkable book. It is a major contribution to our understanding and handling of one of the crucial contemporary issues that acquires more import and gravity by the day' -- Zygmunt Bauman
'An excellent book, which enriches the tradition of political sociology conceptually, methodologically and substantively' -- Peter Wagner, Professor of Social and Political Sciences, European University Institute - Florence
Book Information
ISBN 9780745322209
Author Alana Lentin
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Pluto Press
Publisher Pluto Press
Weight(grams) 426g
