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

• मुख्य लेखक: Lösing, Felix (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2020
• श्रृंखला: Kulturen der Gesellschaft
• विषय: Ethnic studies; Colonialism & imperialism; Social & cultural history; Racism; Colonialism; Congo; Atrocities; Congo Reform Movement; Postcolonialism; Cultural History; History of Colonialism; Sociology
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

सारांश

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‹.

भौतिक वर्णन

1 electronic resource (396 p.)

आईएसबीएन

transcript.9783839454985
9783839454985
9783837654981

अभिगमन

Open Access