From: Rakesh Bhandari (bhandari@BERKELEY.EDU)
Date: Mon Oct 10 2005 - 03:13:08 EDT
From Class to Race: Essays in White Marxism and Black Radicalism
Charles W. Mills
ISBN: 0742513025
Format: Paperback, 304pp
Pub. Date: December 2003
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
ABOUT THE BOOK
From Class to Race: Essays in White Marxism and Black Radicalism
SYNOPSIS
On his path towards authorship of The Racial Contract (1997), Mills (philosophy, U. of Illinois)
traced a trajectory from "fairly orthodox" Marxism to his social contract understanding of race in
the United States. He here presents nine essays as a reconstruction of that journey of critical
theory. He approaches questions of historical realism, the engagement of black radicals with
"white" Marxism, and white supremacy as a central component of the present social order.
Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
From Class to Race: Essays in White Marxism and Black Radicalism
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Figures/Abbreviations
Introduction
Pt. I Marxism in Theory and Practice 1
1 "Ideology" in Marx and Engels: Revisited and Revised 5
2 Is It Immaterial That There's a "Material" in "Historical Materialism"? 37
3 Marxism, "Ideology," and Moral Objectivism 59
4 The Moral Epistemology of Stalinism 89
Pt. II Race and Class 121
5 Under Class Under Standings 123
6 European Specters 147
Pt. III Critical Race Theory 173
7 White Supremacy as Sociopolitical System 177
8 White Supremacy and Racial Justice 195
9 The "Racial Contract" as Methodology 219
References 251
Index 271
About the Author
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