Anti-racist discourse : theory and history of a macromovement / Teun A. van Dijk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dijk, Teun A. van, 1943- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anti-racism--History.

Anti-racism.

Critical discourse analysis.

Critical race theory.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 291 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Antiracism is a global and historical social movement of resistance and solidarity, yet there have been relatively few books focusing on it as a subject in its own right. After his earlier books on racist discourse, Teun A. van Dijk provides a theory of antiracism along with a history of discourse against slavery, racism and antisemitism. He first develops a multidisciplinary theory of antiracism, highlighting especially the role of discourse and cognition as forms of resistance and solidarity. He then covers the history of antiracist discourse, including antislavery and abolition discourse between the 16th and 19th century, antiracist discourse by white and black authors until the Civil Rights Movement and Black Lives Matter, and Jewish critical analysis of antisemitic ideas and discourse since the early 19th century. It is essential reading for anyone interested in how racism and antisemitism have been critically analysed and resisted in antislavery and antiracist discourse.

Contents:

Theoretical framework

First writings against slavery

Abolitionist discourse of the Quakers

Black resistance against slavery and discrimination

The civil rights movement

Jewish resistance against antisemitism

Postwar antiracist discourse from UNESCO to Black Lives Matter.

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ISBN:

9781108956079

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