The collective singularity of anti-racist actors

A case study of the Roma minority in the Czech Republic

Bibliographic Data

ID2147180
AuthorsPetr Hušek (0000-0002-4296-9325, Silesian University in Opava, corresponding author), Kateřina Tvrdá (Silesian University in Opava)
Year2016
Volume39
Issue1
Pages49-67
Publication date2016-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2016.1096406
OpenAlexW2275858113
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited16

This paper focuses on building a theory of collective singularity using the case of anti-racist collectives targeting the marginalized Roma minority in the Czech Republic. The collective singularity concept is one in which the values, norms, and practices that constitute a collective render it impossible for the group to transcend its own axioms in any manner other than by rejecting precisely these constitutive elements. The concept of anti-racism contains the trope of 'the other', perceived not only as an object of protection, integration, assistance, and interest, but also as an object under pressure to find its own (anti-)concept. Anti-racism oscillates around four dispositives (hysteria, paternalism, individualism, bionumerics) and finds itself unable to follow a radical pluralism with the potential to undermine the roots of the hegemonic discourse. As a result, the dispositives of anti-racism essentially become a 'hidden' form of disciplination, reproducing oppression and the impossibility of self-deconstruction

Criminology · Czech · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Gender Studies · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Romani and Gypsy Studies

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