Reference no: EM133485236
Based on Charles Mills. 1999. The Racial Contract. Cornell University Press
1. In what way is the Racial Contract an epistemological contract?
2. What is the economic dimension of the Racial Contract?
3. What is the "racing of space?"
4. In his attempt to prove that social contract theory was racist from its "golden age" forward, Mills focuses on four prominent theorists. Who are they?
5. According to Mills, what is one way that the Racial Contract continues to be enforced through violence?
6. What does Mills mean by the phrase "Herrenvolk Ethics?"
7. Why does the Kantian norm of the infinite value of all life need to be rewritten?
8. Mills describes "white dominance" as being "invisible." How does he think the Racial Contract produces this invisibility?
9. How do "subpeople" assert themselves politically.