A01=Michel Wieviorka
Author_Michel Wieviorka
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Cultural Studies
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Social Theory
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- ISBN 9780803978812
- Weight: 330g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 26 Jul 1995
- Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this vital addition to the sociological literature on racism, Michel Wieviorka presents a detailed and revisionary analysis of the vocabulary of racism (prejudice, discrimination, segregation and violence), arguing that racism is not reducible to these elementary forms. He shows how the experiences of institutionalized racism in America and anti-Semitism in Europe can be analyzed to provide an understanding of the complex transition from race to racism.
As cultural identies are more and more fragmented in our societies, as the social relations defined by industrial capitalism are in decline, so too are ideas of progress and universality. It is in this context of postmodern social and economic flux that Wieviorka puts forward a definition of racism. He demonstrates that racism has to be understood as an action related to factors fixed in the dislocation between the social and the communal.
Michel Wieviorka is president of the International Sociological Association.
