The racial contract

by Mills, Charles W., (Charles Wade)

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Argues that racially structured discrimination is the norm by using social contract theory.

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Full title :The racial contract / Charles W. Mills.

Summary

Argues that racially structured discrimination is the norm by using social contract theory.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1997

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cornell University Press
Place of Publication:Ithaca
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1997

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xii, 171 pages)

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ISBN:9780801471353, 0801471354
oclc:on1184102664
LC Classification:HT1523
Dewey Decimal:305.8

1. Overview. The Racial Contract is political, moral and epistemological ; The Racial Contract is a historical actuality ; The Racial Contract is an exploitation contract -- 2. Details. The Racial Contract norms (and races) space ; The Racial Contract norms (and races) the individual ; The Racial Contract underwrites the modern social contract ; The Racial Contract has to be enforced through violence and ideological conditioning -- 3. "Naturalized" merits. The Racial Contract historically tracks the actual moral/political consciousness of (most) white moral agents ; The Racial Contract has always been recognized by nonwhites as the real moral/political agreement to be challenged ; The "Racial Contract" as a theory is explanatorily superior to the raceless social contract.

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Contrat social Contrato social Ethnische Beziehungen Ethnische Gruppe Inter-Gruppenbeziehung Mouvements pour la suprématie blanche PHILOSOPHY -- Political Political science -- Philosophy Race relations Racism Racisme Racismo Rassismus relations raciales Social contract SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race… SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies Sozialvertrag White supremacy movements