Paul Gilroy

Paul Gilroy has been a controversial force at the forefront of debates around race, nation, and diaspora. Working across a broad range of disciplines, Gilroy has argued that racial identities are historically constructed, formed by colonization, slavery, nationalist philosophies, and consumer capitalism.

Paul Williams introduces Gilroy s key themes and ideas, including:

• the essential concepts, including ethnic absolutism, civilizationism, postcolonial...
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Paul Gilroy has been a controversial force at the forefront of debates around race, nation, and diaspora. Working across a broad range of disciplines, Gilroy has argued that racial identities are historically constructed, formed by colonization, slavery, nationalist philosophies, and consumer capitalism.

Paul Williams introduces Gilroy s key themes and ideas, including:

• the essential concepts, including ethnic absolutism, civilizationism, postcolonial melancholia, iconization, and the black Atlantic
• analysis of Gilroy s broad-ranging cultural references, from Edmund Burke to hip-hop
• a comprehensive overview of Gilroy s influences and the academic debates his work has inspired.

Emphasizing the timeliness and global relevance of Gilroy s ideas, this guide will appeal to anyone approaching Gilroy s work for the first time or seeking to further their understanding of race and contemporary culture."