Racism

The subject of race, and exactly what this means, has become more important since 9-11 than ever before. Alana Lentin traces its development through political history right up to modern debates about ethnicity and xenophobia, and considers the implications of a ‘raceless’ and truly multicultural society. Thought-provoking and intelligent, this invaluable resource exposes the earliest roots of racist thought, and reveals how it has tenaciously remained a part of our everyday lives.

An excellent and up to date introduction to one of the world's most enduring forms of injustice. Racism's shifting form and anatomy is dissected with precision offering a much needed political and sociological analysis.-- "Les Back - Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths College", Clearly and convincingly written, the book is especially effective in positioning the political stakes of contemporary racisms. Alana Lentin offers a very good springboard from which students can launch a critical examination of racisms.-- "David Theo Goldberg - Director of the University of California Humanities Research Institute", I've learned an enormous lot from Lentin's book. I only regret that a guide like this was not in existence when sixty years ago I started to study that phenomenon, one of the most insidious and complex of our times. My long struggle to comprehend its causes and poisonous logic would have been so much easier to wage - and win.-- "Zygmunt Bauman - Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Leeds", Provides a perceptive and accessible overview both of the history of racism and of its contemporary forms ... An outstanding choice for course adoption across the social sciences and humanities.-- "Howard Winant - Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara", This book brings some valuable clarity into a theme that often generates a lot of confusion. Alana Lentin shows that there is nothing natural or inevitable about racism.-- "Stephen Castles - Director and Senior Researcher at IMI and Professor of Migration and Refugee Studi"

Dr Alana Lentin is Associate Professor in Cultural and Social Analysis at Western Sydney University. She works on the critical theorization of race, racism and antiracism. She is co-editor of the Rowman and Littlefield International book series, Challenging Migration Studies. Her articles have appeared in Ethnic and Racial Studies, European Journal of Social Theory, the European Journal of Cultural Studies, and Patterns of Prejudice. She is a contributor to The Guardian, OpenDemocracy and Eurozine.