Philosophies of Race and Ethnicity

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Race and ethnicity have become two of the most loaded and contested concepts in the contemporary world. This text aims to disentangle this complexity and guide the reader to a clearer understanding of the debates. Analysing the genealogy, meanings and political uses of the concepts of race and ethnicity, it draws on scholarship from philosophy, history, post-colonial studies, political theory and literary studies to explore the structure, status and scope of these concepts. The book outlines the ways in which a variety of disciplines have informed and shaped theories of questions of race and ethnicity, setting these broadly philosophical analyses within their social and historical context.

Peter Osborne is Professor of Modern European Philosophy at Middlesex University. He is co-editor of the Radical Philosophy journal. Stella Sandford is Professor of Modern European Philosophy at the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP) at Kingston University London, UK. She is author of numerous works including Plato and Sex (2010), How to Read Beauvoir (2006), and The Metaphysics of Love: Gender and Transcendence in Levinas (2000) and co-editor, with Mandy Merck, of Further Adventures of the Dialectic of Sex: Critical Essays on Shulamith Firestone (2010) and, with Peter Osborne, Philosophies of Race and Ethnicity (2002).

"By approaching race thinking across a broader range of contexts than is usual and by investigating it with an attention to historical specificity that is still regrettably rare, Philosophies Of Race And Ethnicity makes a unique contribution to the development of a transcultural approach to critical race theory."--Robert Bernasconi, The University of Memphis "What binds these fascinating essays together is their focus on heretofore neglected aspects of race and the ways in which they broaden our understanding of this issue in many different contexts...The multidisciplinary approach exemplified by these authors provides sound modeling for future contributions to a topic that is likely to become increasingly salient with each passing day." -Geneva S. Reynaga, Janus Head * Blurb from reviewer *