Class, Race, and Marxism

Synopsis

Founder Of Whiteness Studies Surveys The Race/class Relationship Seen As A Pioneering Figure In The Critical Study Of Whiteness, Us Historian David Roediger Has Sometimes Received Criticism, And Praise, Alleging That He Left Marxism Behind In Order To Work On Questions Of Identity. This Volume Collects His Recent And New Work Implicitly And Explicitly Challenging Such A View. In His Historical Studies Of The Intersections Of Race, Settler Colonialism, And Slavery, In His Major Essay (with Elizabeth Esch) On Race And The Management Of Labour, In His Detailing Of The Origins Of Critical Studies Of Whiteness Within Marxism, And In His Reflections On The History Of Solidarity, Roediger Argues That Racial Division Is Part Of Not Only Of The History Of Capitalism But Also Of The Logic Of Capital-- Thinking Through Race And Class In Hard Times -- The Retreat From Race And Class -- Accounting For The Wages Of Whiteness : Us Marxism And The Critical History Of Race -- A White Intellectual Among Thinking Black Intellectuals : George Rawick And The Settings Of Genius -- Removing Indians, Managing Slaves, And Justifying Slavery : The Case For Intersectionaliy -- One Symptom Of Originality : Race And The Management Of Labor In Us History / (coauthored With Elizabeth Esch) -- Making Solidarity Uneasy : Cautions On A Keyword From Black Lives Matter To The Past. David R. Roediger. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.