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

Racism and the Congo Reform Movement

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Lösing, Felix
Language
English
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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 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‹.
URI
https://doab-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12854/186388
Keywords
Racism; Colonialism; Congo; Atrocities; Congo Reform Movement; Postcolonialism; Cultural History; History of Colonialism; Sociology; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history
DOI
10.14361/transcript.9783839454985
ISBN
9783839454985, 9783837654981
Publisher
transcript Verlag
Publisher website
http://www.transcript-verlag.de
Publication date and place
Bielefeld, 2020
Imprint
transcript Verlag
Series
Kulturen der Gesellschaft,
Pages
396