The New Politics of Race

Globalism, Difference, Justice

Howard Winant

Table of Contents

$20.00 Paper
ISBN: 0-8166-4280-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-4280-9

Classic essays on race from a powerful voice in the field.

It isn’t uncommon to hear now that race hardly matters anymore—that we’ve somehow gotten beyond it. In the face of such pronouncements, and the misconceptions that prompt them, this book aims to show precisely why and how race has always been, and remains, absolutely fundamental to modern politics. Howard Winant, one of the leading sociologists of race and ethnicity working today, clearly locates race at the crossroads of identity and social structure, where difference frames inequality and where political processes operate with a comprehensiveness that ranges from the world-historical to the intimately psychological.

The New Politics of Race brings together Winant’s new and previously published essays to form a comprehensive picture of the origins and nature of the complex racial politics that engulf us today. It is only in light of the post–World War II patterns of racial insurgency and reform that these politics can be understood, Winant asserts. His work offers a thorough grounding in these patterns, describing the breakdown of a certain racial order after World War II and identifying the ways in which racial hierarchies everywhere are being reestablished and reenergized, often in clandestine, or at least unfamiliar, forms.

Theoretically acute and empirically sound, his essays deftly analyze the character of racial formations in a world that is, on the surface, deeply committed to eradicating racism.

“I recommend this book not only to people working in the area of race and ethnicity studies, but also to scholars interested in new social movements, women’s studies, environmental communication, and social protest studies who will find many interesting similarities between these antihegemonic campaigns and the themes and trends described by Winant.” —Rhetoric and Public Affairs

“Winant is one of few to theorize contemporary racial politics. The importance of his project is invaluable to the sociological race literature. This book serves as an important reminder that race has yet to be transcended, and seriously challenges the colour-blindness of contemporary racial hegemony.” —Canadian Journal of Sociology

“Well-written and comprehensive essays on race.” —Multicultural Review

Howard Winant is professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Racial Conditions (1994) and The World Is a Ghetto, and the coauthor with Michael Omi of Racial Formation in the United States.

312 pages | 5 7/8 x 9 | 2004

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction. The Racial Present: State, Society, Identity

Part I. U.S. Racial Politics
1. One Hundred Years of Racial Politics
2. Dialectics of the Veil
3. Racism Today: Continuity and Change in the Post-Civil Rights United States
4. Behind Blue Eyes: Contemporary White Racial Politics
5. Teaching Race and Racism in the Twenty-first Century

Part II. Comparative Racial Studies
6. Babylon System: The Continuity of Slavery
7. The Modern World Racial System
8. Reaching the Limits of Reform: Postapartheid South Africa and Post-Civil Rights United States
9. Durban, Globalization, and the World after 9/11: Toward a New Politics
10. The New Imperialism, Globalization, and Racism

Part III. Racial Theory
11. One Hundred Years of Racial Theory
12. Racial Dualism at Century's End
13. What Can Racial Theory Tell Us about Social Theory

Conclusion: Racial Politics in the Twenty-first Century

Acknowledgments
Notes
Works Cited
Publication History
Index



The New Politics of Race *Globalism, Difference, Justice* Howard Winant Table of Contents		$20.00 Paper ISBN: 0-8166-4280-X ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-4280-9
Classic essays on race from a powerful voice in the field. It isn’t uncommon to hear now that race hardly matters anymore—that we’ve somehow gotten beyond it. In the face of such pronouncements, and the misconceptions that prompt them, this book aims to show precisely why and how race has always been, and remains, absolutely fundamental to modern politics. Howard Winant, one of the leading sociologists of race and ethnicity working today, clearly locates race at the crossroads of identity and social structure, where difference frames inequality and where political processes operate with a comprehensiveness that ranges from the world-historical to the intimately psychological. The New Politics of Race brings together Winant’s new and previously published essays to form a comprehensive picture of the origins and nature of the complex racial politics that engulf us today. It is only in light of the post–World War II patterns of racial insurgency and reform that these politics can be understood, Winant asserts. His work offers a thorough grounding in these patterns, describing the breakdown of a certain racial order after World War II and identifying the ways in which racial hierarchies everywhere are being reestablished and reenergized, often in clandestine, or at least unfamiliar, forms. Theoretically acute and empirically sound, his essays deftly analyze the character of racial formations in a world that is, on the surface, deeply committed to eradicating racism. “I recommend this book not only to people working in the area of race and ethnicity studies, but also to scholars interested in new social movements, women’s studies, environmental communication, and social protest studies who will find many interesting similarities between these antihegemonic campaigns and the themes and trends described by Winant.” —Rhetoric and Public Affairs “Winant is one of few to theorize contemporary racial politics. The importance of his project is invaluable to the sociological race literature. This book serves as an important reminder that race has yet to be transcended, and seriously challenges the colour-blindness of contemporary racial hegemony.” —Canadian Journal of Sociology “Well-written and comprehensive essays on race.” —Multicultural Review Howard Winant is professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Racial Conditions (1994) and The World Is a Ghetto, and the coauthor with Michael Omi of Racial Formation in the United States. 312 pages \| 5 7/8 x 9 \| 2004 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction. The Racial Present: State, Society, Identity Part I. U.S. Racial Politics 1. One Hundred Years of Racial Politics 2. Dialectics of the Veil 3. Racism Today: Continuity and Change in the Post-Civil Rights United States 4. Behind Blue Eyes: Contemporary White Racial Politics 5. Teaching Race and Racism in the Twenty-first Century Part II. Comparative Racial Studies 6. Babylon System: The Continuity of Slavery 7. The Modern World Racial System 8. Reaching the Limits of Reform: Postapartheid South Africa and Post-Civil Rights United States 9. Durban, Globalization, and the World after 9/11: Toward a New Politics 10. The New Imperialism, Globalization, and Racism Part III. Racial Theory 11. One Hundred Years of Racial Theory 12. Racial Dualism at Century's End 13. What Can Racial Theory Tell Us about Social Theory Conclusion: Racial Politics in the Twenty-first Century Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Publication History Index