TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mitchell,W.J.T.
TI  - Seeing through race
T2  - The W.E.B. Du Bois lectures
SN  - 9780674069930
AV  - HT1521 .M57 2012eb
U1  - 305.8 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Race
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Racism
KW  - Idolatry
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - Racisme
KW  - Idolâtrie
KW  - race (group of people)
KW  - aat
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Cultural
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Discrimination & Race Relations
KW  - Ethnic Studies
KW  - General
KW  - Minority Studies
KW  - ART
KW  - Criticism & Theory
KW  - fast
KW  - Sozialwissenschaften
KW  - gnd
KW  - Rasse
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - Begriff
KW  - Rassen (mens)
KW  - gtt
KW  - Sociale verhoudingen
KW  - Beeldcultuur
KW  - Massamedia
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface -- Teachable moments -- Lecture 1: The moment of theory -- Lecture 2: The moment of blackness -- Lecture 3: The Semitic moment -- Teachable objects -- Gilo's wall and Christo's gates -- Binational theory -- Migration, law, and the image -- Idolatry : Nietzsche, Blake, Poussin -- Conclusion: money and masquerade -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
N2  - According to Mitchell, a "color-blind" post-racial world is neither achievable nor desirable. Against claims that race is an outmoded construct, he contends that race is not simply something to be seen but is a fundamental medium through which we experience human otherness. Race also makes racism visible and is thus our best weapon against it; According to W.J.T. Mitchell, a "color-blind" post-racial world is neither achievable nor desirable. Against popular claims that race is an outmoded construct that distracts from more important issues, Mitchell contends that race remains essential to our understanding of social reality. Race is not simply something to be seen but is among the fundamental media through which we experience human otherness. Race also makes racism visible and is thus our best weapon against it. The power of race becomes most apparent at times when pedagogy fails, the lesson is unclear, and everyone has something to learn. Mitchell identifies three such moments in America's recent racial history. First is the post-Civil Rights moment of theory, in which race and racism have been subject to renewed philosophical inquiry. Second is the moment of blackness, epitomized by the election of Barack Obama and accompanying images of blackness in politics and popular culture. Third is the "Semitic Moment" in Israel-Palestine, where race and racism converge in new forms of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. Mitchell brings visual culture, iconology, and media studies to bear on his discussion of these critical turning points in our understanding of the relation between race and racism
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