The new age of empire : how racism and colonialism still rule the world / Kehinde Andrews.

By: Andrews, Kehinde [author.]
Language: English Publisher: New York : Bold Type Books, [2021]Copyright date: © 2021Edition: First US editionDescription: xxix, 251 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781645036920; 1645036928Other title: New age of empire : how racism & colonialism still rule the worldSubject(s): Imperialism -- History | Imperialism -- Economic aspects | Imperialism -- Social aspects | Racism -- Political aspects | Impérialisme -- Histoire | Impérialisme -- Aspect économique | Impérialisme -- Aspect social | Racisme -- Aspect politique | Imperialism | Imperialism -- Economic aspects | Imperialism -- Social aspects | Racism -- Political aspects | Imperialism -- History | Imperialism -- Economic aspects | Imperialism -- Social aspects | Racism -- Political aspectsGenre/Form: History.DDC classification: 325.3209 LOC classification: JC359 | .A625 2021
Contents:
Foreword: Racism is a matter of life and death -- Introduction: The logic of empire -- I'm white, therefore I am -- Genocide -- Slavery -- Colonialism -- Dawn of a new age -- The non-white west -- Imperial democracy -- Chickens coming home to roost.
Summary: A damning exploration of the many ways in which the effects and logic of anti-black colonialism continue to inform our modern world.Summary: "Colonialism and imperialism are often thought to be distant memories, whether they're glorified in Britain's collective nostalgia or taught as a sin of the past in history classes. This idea is bolstered by the emergence of India, China, Argentina and other non-western nations as leading world powers. Multiculturalism, immigration and globalization have led traditionalists to fear that the west is in decline and that white people are rapidly being left behind; progressives and reactionaries alike espouse the belief that we live in a post-racial society. But imperialism, as Kehinde Andrews argues, is alive and well. It's just taken a new form: one in which the U.S. and not Europe is at the center of Western dominion, and imperial power looks more like racial capitalism than the expansion of colonial holdings. The International Monetary Fund, World Bank, World Trade Organization and even the United Nations are only some of these modern mechanisms of Western imperialism. Yet these imperialist logics and tactics are not limited to just the west or to white people, as in the neocolonial relationship between China and Africa. Diving deep into the concepts of racial capitalism and racial patriarchy, Andrews adds nuance and context to these often over-simplified narratives, challenging the right and the left in equal measure. Andrews takes the reader from genocide to slavery to colonialism, deftly explaining the histories of these phenomena, how their justifications are linked, and how they continue to shape our world to this day. The New Age of Empire is a damning indictment of white-centered ideologies from Marxism to neoliberalism, and a reminder that our histories are never really over"-- Provided by publisher.
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"Originally published in February 2021 by Allen Lane / Penguin in Great Britain"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword: Racism is a matter of life and death -- Introduction: The logic of empire -- I'm white, therefore I am -- Genocide -- Slavery -- Colonialism -- Dawn of a new age -- The non-white west -- Imperial democracy -- Chickens coming home to roost.

A damning exploration of the many ways in which the effects and logic of anti-black colonialism continue to inform our modern world.

"Colonialism and imperialism are often thought to be distant memories, whether they're glorified in Britain's collective nostalgia or taught as a sin of the past in history classes. This idea is bolstered by the emergence of India, China, Argentina and other non-western nations as leading world powers. Multiculturalism, immigration and globalization have led traditionalists to fear that the west is in decline and that white people are rapidly being left behind; progressives and reactionaries alike espouse the belief that we live in a post-racial society. But imperialism, as Kehinde Andrews argues, is alive and well. It's just taken a new form: one in which the U.S. and not Europe is at the center of Western dominion, and imperial power looks more like racial capitalism than the expansion of colonial holdings. The International Monetary Fund, World Bank, World Trade Organization and even the United Nations are only some of these modern mechanisms of Western imperialism. Yet these imperialist logics and tactics are not limited to just the west or to white people, as in the neocolonial relationship between China and Africa. Diving deep into the concepts of racial capitalism and racial patriarchy, Andrews adds nuance and context to these often over-simplified narratives, challenging the right and the left in equal measure. Andrews takes the reader from genocide to slavery to colonialism, deftly explaining the histories of these phenomena, how their justifications are linked, and how they continue to shape our world to this day. The New Age of Empire is a damning indictment of white-centered ideologies from Marxism to neoliberalism, and a reminder that our histories are never really over"-- Provided by publisher.

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