Social Theory, Psychoanalysis and Racism

Simon Clarke

ISBN 10: 0333961188 / ISBN 13: 9780333961186

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, GB, 2003

About this Item

Sociological explanations of racism tend to concentrate on the structures and dynamics of modern life that facilitate discrimination and hierarchies of inequality. In doing so, they often fail to address why racial hatred arises (as opposed to how it arises) as well as to explain why it can be so visceral and explosive in character. Bringing together sociological perspectives with psychoanalytic concepts and tools, this text offers a clear, accessible and thought-provoking synthesis of varieties of theory, with the aim of clarifying the complex character of racism, discrimination and social exclusion in the contemporary world.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Social Theory, Psychoanalysis and Racism
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, GB
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333961188
• ISBN 13: 9780333961186
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 278 grams

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Synopsis

Sociological explanations of racism tend to concentrate on the structures and dynamics of modern life that facilitate discrimination and hierarchies of inequality. In doing so, they often fail to address why racial hatred arises (as opposed to how it arises) as well as to explain why it can be so visceral and explosive in character. Bringing together sociological perspectives with psychoanalytic concepts and tools, this text offers a clear, accessible and thought-provoking synthesis of varieties of theory, with the aim of clarifying the complex character of racism, discrimination and social exclusion in the contemporary world.

About the Author

SIMON CLARKE is Co-director of the Centre for Psycho-Social Studies and a Reader in the School of Sociology at the University of the West of England, UK.