Re-configuring Anti-racism
In our interconnected world of increasing racial, ethnic, and religious diversity, racism is an enduring phenomenon with a range of pernicious consequences for individuals, communities, and societies. Despite considerable scholarly attention to race and racism, there has been relatively little focus on anti-racism, defined as the theory and practice of addressing racism, counteracting its detrimental effects, or envisaging its possible alternatives.
This edited collection explores the re-configuration of anti-racism in order to better combat racism in modern neo-liberal societies. Should anti-racism focus on tolerance, harmony, inclusion, equality, participation, recognition, acknowledgement, indifference, and/or justice? What is the role of everyday race labour, the potentials and pitfalls of post-raciality, and the potential of alter-racism via humour, viscerality, embodiment, and affective atmospheres? The eight chapters forming this collection bring together scholars from cultural studies, geography, philosophy, political science, race relations, and sociology to debate key epistemologies, practices, and contradictions pertaining to anti-racism as a global endeavour.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.
Yin Paradies is Professor of Race Relations and Deputy Director (research) at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.
Ethnic and Racial Studies
Series editors: Martin Bulmer, University of Surrey, UK, and
John Solomos, University of Warwick, UK
The journal Ethnic and Racial Studies was founded in 1978 by John Stone to provide an international forum for high quality research on race, ethnicity, nationalism and ethnic conflict. At the time the study of race and ethnicity was still a relatively marginal sub-field of sociology, anthropology and political science. In the intervening period the journal has provided a space for the discussion of core theoretical issues, key developments and trends, and for the dissemination of the latest empirical research.
It is now the leading journal in its field and has helped to shape the development of scholarly research agendas. Ethnic and Racial Studies attracts submissions from scholars in a diverse range of countries and fields of scholarship, and crosses disciplinary boundaries. It is now available in both printed and electronic form. From 2015 it will publish 15 issues per year, three of which will be dedicated to Ethnic and Racial Studies Review offering expert guidance to the latest research through the publication of book reviews, symposia and discussion pieces, including reviews of work in languages other than English.
The Ethnic and Racial Studies book series contains a wide range of the journals special issues. These special issues are an important contribution to the work of the journal, where leading social science academics bring together articles on specific themes and issues that are linked to the broad intellectual concerns of Ethnic and Racial Studies. The series editors work closely with the guest editors of the special issues to ensure that they meet the highest quality standards possible. Through publishing these special issues as a series of books, we hope to allow a wider audience of both scholars and students from across the social science disciplines to engage with the work of Ethnic and Racial Studies.
Most recent titles in the series include:
Multiculturalism, Social Cohesion and Immigration
Shifting Conceptions in the UK
Edited by Martin Bulmer and John Solomos
Books, Bodies and Bronzes
Comparing Sites of Global Citizenship Creation
Edited by Peggy Levitt and Pl Nyri
Cities, Diversity and Ethnicity
Politics, Governance and Participation
Edited by Martin Bulmer and John Solomos
Comparing Super-Diversity
Edited by Fran Meissner and Steven Vertovec
Minority Politics in the Middle East and North Africa
Edited by Will Kymlicka and Eva Pfstl
Muslims, Migration and Citizenship
Processes of Inclusion and Exclusion
Edited by Martin Bulmer and John Solomos
Re-configuring Anti-racism
Edited by Yin Paradies
Re-configuring Anti-racism
In our interconnected world of increasing racial, ethnic, and religious diversity, racism is an enduring phenomenon with a range of pernicious consequences for individuals, communities, and societies. Despite considerable scholarly attention to race and racism, there has been relatively little focus on anti-racism, defined as the theory and practice of addressing racism, counteracting its detrimental effects, or envisaging its possible alternatives.
This edited collection explores the re-configuration of anti-racism in order to better combat racism in modern neo-liberal societies. Should anti-racism focus on tolerance, harmony, inclusion, equality, participation, recognition, acknowledgement, indifference, and/or justice? What is the role of everyday race labour, the potentials and pitfalls of post-raciality, and the potential of alter-racism via humour, viscerality, embodiment, and affective atmospheres? The eight chapters forming this collection bring together scholars from cultural studies, geography, philosophy, political science, race relations, and sociology to debate key epistemologies, practices, and contradictions pertaining to anti-racism as a global endeavour.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.
Yin Paradies is Professor of Race Relations and Deputy Director (research) at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.
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