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PublisherCornell University Press

ISBN-101501764276

ISBN-139781501764271

eBay Product ID (ePID)8057283463

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Edition2

Book TitleRacial Contract

Number of Pages216 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicDiscrimination & Race Relations, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social History, Political

Publication Year2022

FeaturesNew Edition

GenrePhilosophy, Social Science, History

AuthorCharles W. Mills

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2021-053910

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsAn important and timely reminder of the ways in which a philosophy which ignores race is bound up with the privileging of whiteness., Mills contends that the ground zero of Western democratic societies is not the mythical social contract that has prevailed among political philosophers but a 'racial contract.', Mills radically challenges us to reevaluate how we think about social contract theory, the concept of race, and the structure of our political systems. This is a very important book indeed., This book is a testament to Mills's expertise as a philosopher, a scholar, and a downright intelligent writer.

Dewey Decimal305.8

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

Table Of ContentINTRODUCTION 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 modernsocial contract The Racial Contract has to be enforced throughviolence 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

SynopsisThe Racial Contract puts classic Western social contract theory, deadpan, to extraordinary radical use. With a sweeping look at the European expansionism and racism of the last five hundred years, Charles W. Mills demonstrates how this peculiar and unacknowledged "contract" has shaped a system of global European domination: how it brings into existence "whites" and "non-whites," full persons and sub-persons, how it influences white moral theory and moral psychology; and how this system is imposed on non-whites through ideological conditioning and violence. The Racial Contract argues that the society we live in is a continuing white supremacist state. As this 25th anniversary edition--featuring a foreword by Tommy Shelbie and a new preface by the author--makes clear, the still-urgent The Racial Contract continues to inspire, provoke, and influence thinking about the intersection of the racist underpinnings of political philosophy.

LC Classification NumberHT1523.M56 2022