About the book
A formidable critical project on the limits of antiracist philosophy.
Exploring anxieties raised by Atlantic slavery in radical enlightenment literature concerned about political unfreedom in Europe, Metaracial argues that Hegel's philosophy assuages these anxieties for the left. Interpreting Hegel beside Rousseau, Kant, Mary Shelley, and Marx, Terada traces Hegel's transposition of racial hierarchy into a hierarchy of stances toward reality. By doing so, she argues, Hegel is simultaneously antiracist and antiblack. In dialogue with Black Studies, psychoanalysis, and critical theory, Metaracial offers a genealogy of the limits of antiracism.
Editions of Metaracial
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780226823690
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780226823713
- EBook
- ISBN 9780226823706
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A formidable critical project on the limits of antiracist philosophy.
Exploring anxieties raised by Atlantic slavery in radical enlightenment literature concerned about political unfreedom in Europe, Metaracial argues that Hegel's philosophy assuages these anxieties for the left. Interpreting Hegel beside Rousseau, Kant, Mary Shelley, and Marx, Terada traces Hegel's transposition of racial hierarchy into a hierarchy of stances toward reality. By doing so, she argues, Hegel is simultaneously antiracist and antiblack. In dialogue with Black Studies, psychoanalysis, and critical theory, Metaracial offers a genealogy of the limits of antiracism.
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A formidable critical project on the limits of antiracist philosophy.
Exploring anxieties raised by Atlantic slavery in radical enlightenment literature concerned about political unfreedom in Europe, Metaracial argues that Hegel's philosophy assuages these anxieties for the left. Interpreting Hegel beside Rousseau, Kant, Mary Shelley, and Marx, Terada traces Hegel's transposition of racial hierarchy into a hierarchy of stances toward reality. By doing so, she argues, Hegel is simultaneously antiracist and antiblack. In dialogue with Black Studies, psychoanalysis, and critical theory, Metaracial offers a genealogy of the limits of antiracism.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Metaracial?
Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general
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How long is Metaracial and how many pages does it have?
Metaracial has 231 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Metaracial?
Rei Terada
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Metaracial is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780226823690) and paperback(ISBN 9780226823713) and ebook(ISBN 9780226823706)
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