Lösing A ›Crisis of Whiteness‹ in the ›Heart of Darkness‹

Racism and the Congo Reform Movement
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-8394-5498-5
Verlag: transcript
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 396 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 240 mm

Reihe: Kulturen der Gesellschaft

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, Felix Lösing 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‹.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lösing, Felix

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Lösing, Felix
Felix Lösing (Dr. phil.), born 1983, teaches at the Leuphana University Lüneburg. The sociologist studied at the Hamburg University for Economics and Political Science, the University of Hamburg and the University of Essex, Colchester. He did his doctorate at the University of Hamburg. His research focuses on history and theory of racism and colonialism.

Felix Lösing (Dr. phil.), born 1983, teaches at the Ev. Hochschule für Diakonie und Soziale Arbeit, Hamburg. The sociologist studied at the Hamburg University for Economics and Political Science and the University of Essex, Colchester. Awarded with a scholarship by the German Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation, he did his doctorate at the University of Hamburg. His research focuses on history and theory of racism and colonialism.