Bad Faith and the Culture War
Pathologies of Colorblindness in Politics, Law, and Civil Society
Bad Faith and the Culture War
Pathologies of Colorblindness in Politics, Law, and Civil Society
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Description
Bad Faith and the Culture War retraces recent campaigns against “wokeness” to a convergence of colorblind ideologies that insidiously entrench traditional racism beneath a veneer of “common sense.”
Probing interconnections between legal originalism, cultural invocations of “Western tradition,” and reactionary backlash to Critical Race Theory and antiracist activism, Amien Kacou devises an eclectic political psychology approach that exposes how appeals to neutrality, heritage, and the need to protect children from corruption conspire to conceal profound commitments to the color line. Each chapter analyzes a distinct mode of colorblind rhetoric (projective, equivocal, hysterical, and obsessive-compulsive) to show how these patterns distort antiracist efforts and help stabilize broader existing hierarchies of “citizenship.” By bringing a very large array of philosophical concepts, social sciences studies, and literary references into conversation with caselaw and current events, the book reveals the continued shortcomings of classical liberal racial idealism in the face of evolving resistance to meaningful social justice.
Table of Contents
Preface (and Disclaimer)
Chapter 1: Projective Doublespeak: A Modus Operandi of Reactionary Colorblindness
Chapter 2: Textual Originalist Equivocation: The Ambiguity of “Neutrality” in the “Crowning Glory” of “Western Tradition”
Chapter 3: Hysterical Colorblindness: Genealogical Fallacies and Methodological Blind Spots about Critical Race Theory as “New Left” Thought
Chapter 4: Obsessive Compulsive Colorblindness: Checking the Untimely Esotericism (and the Esoteric Untimeliness) of “Woke” Antiracism
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Product details
| Published | Nov 12 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 336 |
| ISBN | 9798216377405 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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