Warmington, Paul (2011) Some of my best friends are Marxists : critical race theory, sociocultural theory and the ‘figured worlds’ of race. In: Hylton, Kevin and Pilkington, Andrew and Warmington, Paul and Housee, Shirin, (eds.) Atlantic Crossings : international dialogues on critical race theory. Birmingham: CSAP/Higher Education Academy, pp. 262-283.

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Abstract

The challenge underpinning any serious analysis of race as a social relationship is how to understand its false dimensions while refusing to relegate race and racialisation to the epiphenomenal dog-kennel. For critical race theorists, race is not reducible to false consciousness; nor is it mere 'product' or 'effect'. It follows that, for critical race theorists, race is not something simply to be overcome; rather the question is what parts of race-conscious analysis should be retained and what parts should be jettisoned. A further challenge is how critical race theory (CRT) might intersect with other dimensions of critical social theory. Indeed, CRT‘s adherents have often made a virtue of CRT as an analytical framework that is open, inclusive and in development. In this respect, recent UK Marxist criticisms of CRT have, despite good intentions, done little in practice to illustrate how Marxist concepts might contribute to the eclectic development of CRT. Much has been written about how CRT should work with Marxist categories; predictably, less has been said about precisely how Marxists might draw upon CRT. Moreover, UK Marxist critiques of CRT often take surprisingly little account of contemporary conversations in Marxist-derived social theory and social research. My concern is, first and foremost, with the development of politically committed social theory and with the creative anti-racist spaces that both CRT and Marxism might offer. In short, why continually set in motion supposed dialogues between Marxism and CRT whose outcome will simply be nay-saying when there are important overlaps (as well as tensions) between CRT and recent Marxist-derived sociology?

Item Type:	Book Item
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- )
Publisher:	CSAP/Higher Education Academy
Place of Publication:	Birmingham
Book Title:	Atlantic Crossings : international dialogues on critical race theory
Editor:	Hylton, Kevin and Pilkington, Andrew and Warmington, Paul and Housee, Shirin
Official Date:	30 June 2011
Dates:	Date Event 30 June 2011 Published
Page Range:	pp. 262-283
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Copyright Holders:	Higher Education Academy

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