McGoey, Linsey (2025) The weaponry of racial capitalism: Gargi Bhattacharyya (2024) The futures of racial capitalism (Polity). Economy and Society, 54 (1). pp. 172-184. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2025.2450143
McGoey, Linsey (2025) The weaponry of racial capitalism: Gargi Bhattacharyya (2024) The futures of racial capitalism (Polity). Economy and Society, 54 (1). pp. 172-184. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2025.2450143
McGoey, Linsey (2025) The weaponry of racial capitalism: Gargi Bhattacharyya (2024) The futures of racial capitalism (Polity). Economy and Society, 54 (1). pp. 172-184. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2025.2450143
Abstract
This paper uses Gargi Bhattacharyya (2024)’s The futures of racial capitalism to explore the analytical strengths and limits of the term ‘racial capitalism.’ I discuss its popularity in the post-2008 university classroom and examine criticism of the concept. I suggest the main strength of Bhattacharyya’s work is to treat racial capitalism as an invisibilization mechanism which undermines shared recognition of the cross-racial immiseration of different groups. Defining the notion this way opens pathways to non-essentialist understandings of the relationship between class, race and capitalist exploitation.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | racial capitalism; solidarity; cross-racial immiseration; economic inequality |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology and Criminology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jul 2025 10:05 |
Last Modified: | 29 Jul 2025 10:05 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/41337 |
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