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In this vital addition to the sociological literature on racism, Michel Wieviorka presents a detailed and revisionary analysis of the vocabulary of racism (prejudice, discrimination, segregation and violence), arguing that racism is not reducible to these elementary forms. He shows how the experiences of institutionalized racism in America and anti-Semitism in Europe can be analyzed to provide an understanding of the complex transition from race to racism.

As cultural identies are more and more fragmented in our societies, as the social relations defined by industrial capitalism are in decline, so too are ideas of progress and universality. It is in this context of postmodern social and economic flux that Wieviorka puts forward a definition of racism. He demonstrates that racism has to be understood as an action related to factors fixed in the dislocation between the social and the communal.

Note biographique

Michel Wieviorka is president of the International Sociological Association.

Table des matières

PART ONE: FROM RACE TO RACISM
Introduction
Race as Explanatory Principle
Race Relations
Prejudice and Personality
Racism as Ideology
Conclusion
PART TWO: THE ELEMENTARY FORMS OF RACISM
Introduction
Levels and Logics of Racism
Prejudice
Segregation, Discrimination
Racist Violence
Conclusion
PART THREE: THE UNITY OF RACISM
Introduction
Social Movements and Racism
Two Patterns of Racism
Communal Identity and Racism
Conclusion
The Unity of Racism

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