Human Body in Capitalism: Whiteness, Racism and Genocide

This article aims to present the subject of whiteness in the work of Bolívar Echeverría and show the relationship between whiteness and the origin, development and expansion of capitalism. The author analyzes the new form of racism that comes with whiteness and argues that it is a form of genocide p...

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Autor: García Conde, Gustavo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:De raíz diversa. Revista Especializada en Estudios Latinoamericanos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/58438
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/deraizdiversa/article/view/58438
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:capitalism
genocide
racism
discrimination
human body
capitalismo
genocidio
racismo
discriminación
cuerpo humano
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Sumario:This article aims to present the subject of whiteness in the work of Bolívar Echeverría and show the relationship between whiteness and the origin, development and expansion of capitalism. The author analyzes the new form of racism that comes with whiteness and argues that it is a form of genocide practiced routinely in today’s world. The subject of whiteness is enriched with the proposals of thinkers like Frantz Fanon and Peter McLaren.