Introduction
Reflections on 'The Remainders of Race': Culture, Nature or a Political Economy of Race
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2352348 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Couze Venn (Theory, Culture & Society Centre, Nottingham Trent University,, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 103-111 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-2764 • E-ISSN: 1460-3616 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0263276410390529 |
| OpenAlex | W2110378170 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 10 |
This introduction to this special section on race considers the case for the thesis advanced by Ash Amin in his article 'The Remainders of Race' that the conjuncture of vernacular and biopolitical racism has resulted in an upsurge in racism. It draws from three responses to that article by Abdou-Maliq Simone, Denise Ferreira da Silva and Ali Rattansi to problematize explanations for racism which appeal to ideas of human sorting instincts and other universalisms. It examines efforts to combat racism through multiculturalism and non-racial policies implemented in different parts of the world. The role of biopolitics and of neoliberalism in inflecting such policies is highlighted. Lessons are drawn for the analysis of racism from Foucault's critique of political economy and the functioning of the discourse of 'race war' in legitimizing the power relations sustaining systematic inequality in society. The implications for a new politics of the commons are then drawn out
Biopower · Eugenics · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Racism · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Gender Studies · Law · Race, Genetics, and Society
| Citations per year | 0.42 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2020 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |