Anti-Racist Scholar-Activism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781526157966)

Anti-racist scholar-activism raises urgent questions about the role of contemporary universities and the academics that work within them. As profound socio-racial crises collide with mass anti-racist mobilisations, this book focuses on the praxes of academics working within, and against, their institutions in pursuit of anti-racist social justice. Amidst a searing critique of the university's neoliberal and imperial character, Joseph-Salisbury and Connelly situate the university as a contested space, full of contradictions and tensions.

Drawing upon original empirical data, the book considers how anti-racist scholar-activists navigate barriers and backlash in order to leverage the opportunities and resources of the university in service to communities of resistance. Showing praxes of anti-racist scholar-activism to be complex, diverse, and multi-faceted, and paying particular attention to how scholar-activists grapple with their own complicities in the harms perpetrated and perpetuated by Higher Education institutions, this book is a call to arms for academics who are, or want to be, committed to social justice.

Author: Remi Joseph-Salisbury, Laura Connelly
ISBN-10: 1526157969
ISBN-13: 9781526157966
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/02/2021
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2022