A ›Crisis of Whiteness‹ in the ›Heart of Darkness‹ Racism and the Congo Reform Movement

• 1. autor: Lösing, Felix (auth)
• Format: Elektroniczne Rozdział
• Język: angielski
• Wydane: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2020
• Seria: Kulturen der Gesellschaft
• Hasła przedmiotowe: Ethnic studies; Colonialism & imperialism; Social & cultural history; Racism; Colonialism; Congo; Atrocities; Congo Reform Movement; Postcolonialism; Cultural History; History of Colonialism; Sociology
• Dostęp online: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Streszczenie

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‹.

Opis fizyczny

1 electronic resource (396 p.)

ISBN

transcript.9783839454985
9783839454985
9783837654981

Ograniczenie dostępu

Open Access