Theorizing Anti-Racism

"Theorizing Anti-Racism is an exemplary work that explains and theorizes interpretations of Marxism and modern and post-modern theories as well as the connections and tensions between and amongst them. The scholarship is cutting edge, strong, and refreshingly critical." -- Doreen Fumia, Department of Sociology, Ryerson University "Anyone interested in anti-racism studies and the politics of ethnocultural diversity in liberal democracies will greatly benefit from reading this book. I recommend it wholeheartedly." -- Daniel Salee, School of Community and Public Affairs and Department of Political Science, Concordia University

Theorizing Anti-Racism presents insightful essays that engage both Marxist thought and postcolonial and critical race theory with a focus on clarification and points of convergence.

Over the last few decades, critical theory which examines issues of race and racism has flourished. However, most of this work falls on one side or the other of a theoretical divide between theory inspired by Marxist approaches to race and racism and that inspired by postcolonial and critical race theory. Driven by the need to move beyond the divide, the contributors to Theorizing Anti-Racism present insightful essays that engage these two intellectual traditions with a focus on clarification and points of convergence.

The essays in Theorizing Anti-Racism examine topics which range from reconsiderations of anti-racism in the work of Marx and Foucault to examinations of the relationships among race, class, and the state that integrate both Marxist and critical race theory. Drawing on the most constructive elements of Marxism and postcolonial and critical race theory, this collection constitutes an important contribution to the advancement of anti-racist theory.