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A 'Crisis of Whiteness' in the 'Heart of Darkness': Racism and the Congo Reform Movement
[Dissertation]
Abstract 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 hist... mehr
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, the author 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'.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Kongo; Zentralafrika; Rassismus; Kolonialismus; Postkolonialismus; soziale Bewegung; Reform; Menschenrechte; Kulturgeschichte
Klassifikation
Sozialgeschichte, historische Sozialforschung
Freie Schlagwörter
Atrocities; Congo Reform Movement; History of Colonialism
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Verlag
transcript Verlag
Erscheinungsort
Bielefeld
Seitenangabe
394 S.
Schriftenreihe
Kulturen der Gesellschaft, 45
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839454985
ISBN
978-3-8394-5498-5
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0