Includes essays by John Tomlinson, Avtar Brah, Alana Lentin, Arun Kundnani, Kathryn Spellman, Col... more Includes essays by John Tomlinson, Avtar Brah, Alana Lentin, Arun Kundnani, Kathryn Spellman, Colm O Cinneide, Rupa Huq
Reviews:
'Alana Lentin and Gavan Titley offer a powerful and persuasive account of how multicul... more Reviews:
'Alana Lentin and Gavan Titley offer a powerful and persuasive account of how multiculturalism has been sentenced to death. Drawing on a vast array of sources, voices and examples, they show how laments on the failure of multiculturalism create a political and affective landscape in which racism is simultaneously repudiated and reproduced. A necessary and important book.' - Sara Ahmed, Professor of Race and Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College
'This book provides a rich and scholarly analysis of the multiple forces at play in the construction of the 'death of multiculturalism' as a flexible and potent political discourse. Incisive and provocative in it's analysis; it is uncomfortable reading for those on both the left and right in politics. This is necessary reading for anyone concerned with the complex masking of racism within the rhetorical dance of national identities and globalized neo-liberal ideologies. - Professor Charles Husband, Centre for Applied Social Research, University of Bradford.
'The Crises of Multiculturalism critically examines the entanglements inherent in the broad range of European multiculturalisms today, their 'loud' rejection and yet a melancholic neediness expressed in their bemoaning. The analysis is especially incisive about the ways in which an 'era of integration,' as multiculturalism's contemporary expression, seeks insecurely to assert authoritative control and security in the face of threatening and fearful expressions of a burgeoning multiculture supposedly marking European nations. The authors reveal how the politics of multiculturalism continue to structure, reproduce, and render less visible contemporary racisms.Those concerned to understand the synchrony of multiculturalism, integration, and revitalized racisms across the European landscape would do well to consult this book.' - Professor David Theo Goldberg, University of California
'Neoliberalism is deeply connected to racism: austerity, exclusion, the restriction of rights and withdrawal of freedoms -- hallmarks of both these despotic phenomena -- all mark their congruence and indeed interdependence. But in Europe and elsewhere as well the new racist regime has employed the seemingly benign and tolerant trope of MULTICULTURALISM to mask its malevolence. Lentin and Titley's fierce critique of this strategy provides a much-needed critical analysis of multiculturalism's ineffectuality in opposing the racism rising in Europe today. THE CRISES OF MULTICULTURALISM points out how racism cannot be understood as a matter of cultural difference. This book exposes the repressive assumptions that shape the politics of multiculturalism and that place the burden of inclusion on those seen as 'different' and 'other,' rather than on the regimes of privilege and hierarchy that target immigrants, Muslims, and blacks in their effort to maintain a white 'fortress Europe.' The smiling rhetoric of tolerance, we learn here, is still produced by sharp white teeth. Highly recommended!' - Howard Winant, UC Santa Barbara, Director, University of California Center for New Racial Studies
In her essay 'Neoliberalism and the end of liberal democracy' Wendy Brown suggests that critical ... more In her essay 'Neoliberalism and the end of liberal democracy' Wendy Brown suggests that critical political theory needs to 'mourn liberal democracy' in order to develop a transformative vision of 'the good'. The problem, as Brown outlines it, is not only that- to varying extents and in different scales across democratic states - market rationality has hollowed out representative structures and processes and organises social life, but also that 'basic principles and institutions of democracy are becoming nothing other than ideological shells' that nevertheless legitimate neoliberal governmentality. Brown's concept of mourning has implications for Media Studies' constitutive focus on publicness and political participation within the democratic nation-state. This paper considers Brown's critique in relation to the tendency in Media Studies to admit the unachievable idealism of certain ideas - particularly in relation to the public sphere and pluralism - while continuing to use them as guiding normative standards and values. The paper questions how such normative ideals can provide guidance where not only has the political and institutional imaginary that underpins them changed, perhaps irrevocably, but where the continued flagging of these ideas may be implicated in the kind of ideological camouflage Brown identifies.
Includes essays by John Tomlinson, Avtar Brah, Alana Lentin, Arun Kundnani, Kathryn Spellman, Col... more Includes essays by John Tomlinson, Avtar Brah, Alana Lentin, Arun Kundnani, Kathryn Spellman, Colm O Cinneide, Rupa Huq
Reviews:
'Alana Lentin and Gavan Titley offer a powerful and persuasive account of how multicul... more Reviews:
'Alana Lentin and Gavan Titley offer a powerful and persuasive account of how multiculturalism has been sentenced to death. Drawing on a vast array of sources, voices and examples, they show how laments on the failure of multiculturalism create a political and affective landscape in which racism is simultaneously repudiated and reproduced. A necessary and important book.' - Sara Ahmed, Professor of Race and Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College
'This book provides a rich and scholarly analysis of the multiple forces at play in the construction of the 'death of multiculturalism' as a flexible and potent political discourse. Incisive and provocative in it's analysis; it is uncomfortable reading for those on both the left and right in politics. This is necessary reading for anyone concerned with the complex masking of racism within the rhetorical dance of national identities and globalized neo-liberal ideologies. - Professor Charles Husband, Centre for Applied Social Research, University of Bradford.
'The Crises of Multiculturalism critically examines the entanglements inherent in the broad range of European multiculturalisms today, their 'loud' rejection and yet a melancholic neediness expressed in their bemoaning. The analysis is especially incisive about the ways in which an 'era of integration,' as multiculturalism's contemporary expression, seeks insecurely to assert authoritative control and security in the face of threatening and fearful expressions of a burgeoning multiculture supposedly marking European nations. The authors reveal how the politics of multiculturalism continue to structure, reproduce, and render less visible contemporary racisms.Those concerned to understand the synchrony of multiculturalism, integration, and revitalized racisms across the European landscape would do well to consult this book.' - Professor David Theo Goldberg, University of California
'Neoliberalism is deeply connected to racism: austerity, exclusion, the restriction of rights and withdrawal of freedoms -- hallmarks of both these despotic phenomena -- all mark their congruence and indeed interdependence. But in Europe and elsewhere as well the new racist regime has employed the seemingly benign and tolerant trope of MULTICULTURALISM to mask its malevolence. Lentin and Titley's fierce critique of this strategy provides a much-needed critical analysis of multiculturalism's ineffectuality in opposing the racism rising in Europe today. THE CRISES OF MULTICULTURALISM points out how racism cannot be understood as a matter of cultural difference. This book exposes the repressive assumptions that shape the politics of multiculturalism and that place the burden of inclusion on those seen as 'different' and 'other,' rather than on the regimes of privilege and hierarchy that target immigrants, Muslims, and blacks in their effort to maintain a white 'fortress Europe.' The smiling rhetoric of tolerance, we learn here, is still produced by sharp white teeth. Highly recommended!' - Howard Winant, UC Santa Barbara, Director, University of California Center for New Racial Studies
In her essay 'Neoliberalism and the end of liberal democracy' Wendy Brown suggests that critical ... more In her essay 'Neoliberalism and the end of liberal democracy' Wendy Brown suggests that critical political theory needs to 'mourn liberal democracy' in order to develop a transformative vision of 'the good'. The problem, as Brown outlines it, is not only that- to varying extents and in different scales across democratic states - market rationality has hollowed out representative structures and processes and organises social life, but also that 'basic principles and institutions of democracy are becoming nothing other than ideological shells' that nevertheless legitimate neoliberal governmentality. Brown's concept of mourning has implications for Media Studies' constitutive focus on publicness and political participation within the democratic nation-state. This paper considers Brown's critique in relation to the tendency in Media Studies to admit the unachievable idealism of certain ideas - particularly in relation to the public sphere and pluralism - while continuing to use them as guiding normative standards and values. The paper questions how such normative ideals can provide guidance where not only has the political and institutional imaginary that underpins them changed, perhaps irrevocably, but where the continued flagging of these ideas may be implicated in the kind of ideological camouflage Brown identifies.
Characterizing recent Irish history has come to involve a new temporal orthodoxy of pre-and post-... more Characterizing recent Irish history has come to involve a new temporal orthodoxy of pre-and post-1990s Ireland. Like the testaments of the Bible, it is divided into old and new, and many may argue that the compar? ison does not end there (although the promised land has ...
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'Alana Lentin and Gavan Titley offer a powerful and persuasive account of how multiculturalism has been sentenced to death. Drawing on a vast array of sources, voices and examples, they show how laments on the failure of multiculturalism create a political and affective landscape in which racism is simultaneously repudiated and reproduced. A necessary and important book.' - Sara Ahmed, Professor of Race and Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College
'This book provides a rich and scholarly analysis of the multiple forces at play in the construction of the 'death of multiculturalism' as a flexible and potent political discourse. Incisive and provocative in it's analysis; it is uncomfortable reading for those on both the left and right in politics. This is necessary reading for anyone concerned with the complex masking of racism within the rhetorical dance of national identities and globalized neo-liberal ideologies. - Professor Charles Husband, Centre for Applied Social Research, University of Bradford.
'The Crises of Multiculturalism critically examines the entanglements inherent in the broad range of European multiculturalisms today, their 'loud' rejection and yet a melancholic neediness expressed in their bemoaning. The analysis is especially incisive about the ways in which an 'era of integration,' as multiculturalism's contemporary expression, seeks insecurely to assert authoritative control and security in the face of threatening and fearful expressions of a burgeoning multiculture supposedly marking European nations. The authors reveal how the politics of multiculturalism continue to structure, reproduce, and render less visible contemporary racisms.Those concerned to understand the synchrony of multiculturalism, integration, and revitalized racisms across the European landscape would do well to consult this book.' - Professor David Theo Goldberg, University of California
'Neoliberalism is deeply connected to racism: austerity, exclusion, the restriction of rights and withdrawal of freedoms -- hallmarks of both these despotic phenomena -- all mark their congruence and indeed interdependence. But in Europe and elsewhere as well the new racist regime has employed the seemingly benign and tolerant trope of MULTICULTURALISM to mask its malevolence. Lentin and Titley's fierce critique of this strategy provides a much-needed critical analysis of multiculturalism's ineffectuality in opposing the racism rising in Europe today. THE CRISES OF MULTICULTURALISM points out how racism cannot be understood as a matter of cultural difference. This book exposes the repressive assumptions that shape the politics of multiculturalism and that place the burden of inclusion on those seen as 'different' and 'other,' rather than on the regimes of privilege and hierarchy that target immigrants, Muslims, and blacks in their effort to maintain a white 'fortress Europe.' The smiling rhetoric of tolerance, we learn here, is still produced by sharp white teeth. Highly recommended!' - Howard Winant, UC Santa Barbara, Director, University of California Center for New Racial Studies
Papers by Gavan Titley
'Alana Lentin and Gavan Titley offer a powerful and persuasive account of how multiculturalism has been sentenced to death. Drawing on a vast array of sources, voices and examples, they show how laments on the failure of multiculturalism create a political and affective landscape in which racism is simultaneously repudiated and reproduced. A necessary and important book.' - Sara Ahmed, Professor of Race and Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College
'This book provides a rich and scholarly analysis of the multiple forces at play in the construction of the 'death of multiculturalism' as a flexible and potent political discourse. Incisive and provocative in it's analysis; it is uncomfortable reading for those on both the left and right in politics. This is necessary reading for anyone concerned with the complex masking of racism within the rhetorical dance of national identities and globalized neo-liberal ideologies. - Professor Charles Husband, Centre for Applied Social Research, University of Bradford.
'The Crises of Multiculturalism critically examines the entanglements inherent in the broad range of European multiculturalisms today, their 'loud' rejection and yet a melancholic neediness expressed in their bemoaning. The analysis is especially incisive about the ways in which an 'era of integration,' as multiculturalism's contemporary expression, seeks insecurely to assert authoritative control and security in the face of threatening and fearful expressions of a burgeoning multiculture supposedly marking European nations. The authors reveal how the politics of multiculturalism continue to structure, reproduce, and render less visible contemporary racisms.Those concerned to understand the synchrony of multiculturalism, integration, and revitalized racisms across the European landscape would do well to consult this book.' - Professor David Theo Goldberg, University of California
'Neoliberalism is deeply connected to racism: austerity, exclusion, the restriction of rights and withdrawal of freedoms -- hallmarks of both these despotic phenomena -- all mark their congruence and indeed interdependence. But in Europe and elsewhere as well the new racist regime has employed the seemingly benign and tolerant trope of MULTICULTURALISM to mask its malevolence. Lentin and Titley's fierce critique of this strategy provides a much-needed critical analysis of multiculturalism's ineffectuality in opposing the racism rising in Europe today. THE CRISES OF MULTICULTURALISM points out how racism cannot be understood as a matter of cultural difference. This book exposes the repressive assumptions that shape the politics of multiculturalism and that place the burden of inclusion on those seen as 'different' and 'other,' rather than on the regimes of privilege and hierarchy that target immigrants, Muslims, and blacks in their effort to maintain a white 'fortress Europe.' The smiling rhetoric of tolerance, we learn here, is still produced by sharp white teeth. Highly recommended!' - Howard Winant, UC Santa Barbara, Director, University of California Center for New Racial Studies