Toward a political philosophy of race
Subtitle: technologies and logics of exclusion
By: Falungi A. Sheth.
Series: SUNY series, philosophy and race
Publisher: State University of New York Press; SUNY Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780791493977; 9780791493984
Subjects: Race discrimination -- United States; Race discrimination -- United States -- Philosophy; Racism -- United States; United States -- Race relations
Description: "Timely, controversial, and incisive, Toward a Political Philosophy of Race looks uncompromisingly at how a liberal society enables racism and other forms of discrimination. Drawing on the examples of the internment of U.S. citizens and residents of Japanese descent, of Muslim men and women in the contemporary United States, and of Asian Indians at the turn of the twentieth century, Falguni A. Sheth argues that racial discrimination and divisions are not accidents in the history of liberal societies. Race, she contends, is a process embedded in a range of legal technologies that produce racialized populations who are divided against other groups. Moving past discussions of racial and social justice as abstract concepts, she reveals the playing out of race, racialization of groups, and legal frameworks within concrete historical frameworks." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.