| Habits of Whiteness: A Pragmatist Reconstruction Contributor(s): Macmullan, Terrance (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253220718 ISBN-13: 9780253220714 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $24.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2009 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Pragmatism - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
| Dewey: 305.800 |
| LCCN: 2008050145 |
| Series: American Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.00 lbs) 254 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Habits of Whiteness offers a new way to talk about race and racism by focusing on racial habits and how to change them. According to Terrance MacMullan, the concept of racial whiteness has undermined attempts to create a truly democratic society in the United States. By getting to the core of the racism that lives on in unrecognized habits, MacMullan argues clearly and charitably for white folk to recognize the distance between their color-blind ideals and their actual behavior. Revitalizing the work of W. E. B. Du Bois and John Dewey, MacMullan shows how it is possible to reconstruct racial habits and close the gap between people. This forthright and persuasive analysis of the impulses of whiteness ultimately reorganizes them into something more compatible with our country's increasingly multicultural heritage. |