A "Crisis of Whiteness" in the "Heart of Darkness": Racism and the Congo Reform Movement
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1. ed. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 2020. 394 p. (Culture of Society; Vol. 45).
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TY - BOOK
T1 - A "Crisis of Whiteness" in the "Heart of Darkness"
T2 - Racism and the Congo Reform Movement
AU - Lösing, Felix
PY - 2020/12/1
Y1 - 2020/12/1
N2 - The British and American Congo Reform Movement (ca. 1890-1913) has been praised extensively for its ›heroic‹ confrontation of colonial atrocities in the Congo Free State. Its commitment to white supremacy and colonial domination, however, continues to be overlooked, denied, or trivialised. This historical-sociological study argues that racism was the ideological cornerstone and formed the main agenda of this first major human rights campaign of the 20th century. Through a thorough analysis of contemporary sources, Felix Lösing unmasks the colonial and racist formation of the modern human rights discourse and investigates the ›historical work‹ of racism at a crossroads between imperial power and ›white crisis‹.
AB - The British and American Congo Reform Movement (ca. 1890-1913) has been praised extensively for its ›heroic‹ confrontation of colonial atrocities in the Congo Free State. Its commitment to white supremacy and colonial domination, however, continues to be overlooked, denied, or trivialised. This historical-sociological study argues that racism was the ideological cornerstone and formed the main agenda of this first major human rights campaign of the 20th century. Through a thorough analysis of contemporary sources, Felix Lösing unmasks the colonial and racist formation of the modern human rights discourse and investigates the ›historical work‹ of racism at a crossroads between imperial power and ›white crisis‹.
KW - Sociology
UR - https://www.transcript-publishing.com/978-3-8376-5498-1/a-crisis-of-whiteness-in-the-heart-of-darkness/
U2 - 10.14361/9783839454985
DO - 10.14361/9783839454985
M3 - Monographs
SN - 978-3-8376-5498-1
T3 - Culture of Society
BT - A "Crisis of Whiteness" in the "Heart of Darkness"
PB - transcript Verlag
CY - Bielefeld
ER -