Olúf Táíwò &

Elite Capture

How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (and Everything Else)

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Produktbeschreibung

A powerful indictment of the ways elites have co-opted radical critiques of racial capitalism to serve their own ends.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Haymarket Books
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 359g
• ISBN-13: 9781642597356
• ISBN-10: 164259735X
• Artikelnr.: 62561376

Autorenporträt

Olúf¿¿mi O. Táíwò is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University. He is also the author of Reconsidering Reparations.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: Identity Politics, 2021
Identity Politics: It’s Not What You Think It Is
Elite Capture: The Bigger Problem
Chapter Two: What is Elite Capture?
E. Franklin Frazier
Who Run the World? Elites
Does Democracy Matter?
Capture at Every Scale
Chapter Three: Reading the Room
Carter G. Woodson
The Ground We Stand On
The Theory of Mis-Education
Elite Capture: Game It Out
Chapter Four: Being in the Room
Introduction
The View from Inside the Room
Better Blueprints
Chapter Five: Building a New House
Changing Rooms: Paulo Freire
Rebuild the House: The PAIGC
We’ve Got This
Getting Out the Hammers
Building a New House
Chapter Six: The Point is to Change It
Andaiye
What the Constructive View Asks of Us