Routledge Race, Discourse and Labourism - Routledge Sociology

Race, Discourse and Labourism examines the hidden history of brutality and repression underlying socialist ideology, tracing how race emerged as a political concept through Labour's engagement with Indian independence and 1930s anti-semitism. Caroline Knowles provides a critical analysis of how these historical episodes shaped contemporary debates around black citizenship, multi-racialism and black representation within labour politics. This International Library of Sociology volume offers essential scholarship for understanding the intersection of racial politics, discourse theory and left-wing political movements, revealing how early labour movements grappled with questions of empire, immigration and social belonging that remain relevant today.