Title Statements
- Full title :The racial contract / Charles W. Mills.
Summary
Exploring classic Western social contract theory and European expansionism and racism over 500 years, the author seeks to demonstrate how this unacknowledged 'contract' has shaped a system of European global domination which is imposed on non-whites through ideological conditioning and violence.
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- Publication Date:1999, ©1997.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication:Ithaca, N.Y
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1999, ©1997.
The Physical Object
- Description:xii, 171 pages ; : 22 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0801484634, 9780801484636, 0801434548, 9780801434549
- oclc:ocn316346057
- LC Classification:HT1523 .M56 1997
- Dewey Decimal:305.8
Table of Contents
Overview. The Racial Contract is political, moral and epistemological ; The Racial Contract is a historical actuality ; The Racial Contract is an exploitation contract -- 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 -- "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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