Charles W. Mills · 1997 · Race and political theory

The Racial Contract

What is this text?

Seed draft: Mills argues that modern political order has been structured by a racial contract that determines personhood, rights, space, knowledge, and domination. The book critiques ideal theory and race-blind liberal contractarianism.

Why does it matter?

Extends and transforms critiques of contract theory by placing race, colonialism, and white supremacy at the center of modern political order.

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