A 'Crisis of Whiteness' in the 'Heart of Darkness': Racism and the Congo Reform Movement - Couverture souple

Lösing, Felix

 
9783837654981: A 'Crisis of Whiteness' in the 'Heart of Darkness': Racism and the Congo Reform Movement
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3837654982 ISBN 13 : 9783837654981
Editeur : Transcript Verlag, 2021

Synopsis

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 .

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À propos de l'auteur

Felix Lösing (Dr. phil.), born 1983, teaches at the Leuphana University Lüneburg. The sociologist studied at the Hamburg University for Economics and Political Science, the University of Hamburg and the University of Essex, Colchester. He did his doctorate at the University of Hamburg. His research focuses on history and theory of racism and colonialism.

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Éditeur
Transcript Verlag
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3837654982
ISBN 13 
9783837654981
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
500
Coordonnées du fabricant
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