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White Freedom

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White Freedom

The Racial History of an IdeaBy Tyler StovallNarrated by Ako Mitchell

White Freedom

Length14h 56m

About this audiobook

This audiobook narrated by Ako Mitchell exposes the racist legacy behind the Western idea of freedom The era of the Enlightenment, which gave rise to our modern conceptions of freedom and democracy, was also the height of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. America, a nation founded on the principle of liberty, is also a nation built on African slavery, Native American genocide, and systematic racial discrimination. White Freedom traces the complex relationship between freedom and race from the eighteenth century to today, revealing how being free has meant being white. Tyler Stovall explores the intertwined histories of racism and freedom in France and the United States, the two leading nations that have claimed liberty as the heart of their national identities. He explores how French and American thinkers defined freedom in racial terms and conceived of liberty as an aspect and privilege of whiteness. He discusses how the Statue of Liberty—a gift from France to the United States and perhaps the most famous symbol of freedom on Earth—promised both freedom and whiteness to European immigrants. Taking readers from the Age of Revolution to today, Stovall challenges the notion that racism is somehow a paradox or contradiction within the democratic tradition, demonstrating how white identity is intrinsic to Western ideas about liberty. Throughout the history of modern Western liberal democracy, freedom has long been white freedom. A major work of scholarship that is certain to draw a wide readership and transform contemporary debates, White Freedom provides vital new perspectives on the inherent racism behind our most cherished beliefs about freedom, liberty, and human rights.

Audiobook details

GenreHistory

Length14 hrs 56 mins

Narrated byAko Mitchell

FormatAudiobook

Publish dateJan 19, 2021

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Opening Anno, Introduction: Freedom and Its Dark Sides

9Chapter 4 - Continued

2Part 1, Chapter 1 - Savage Freedom: Piracy, Childhood, and Alternate Racial Visions of Liberty

10Part 3, Chapter 5 - Fighting for Whose Liberty? Freedom and Race in the Era of Total War

3Chapter 1 - Continued

11Chapter 5 - Continued

4Chapter 2 - Lady of Freedom, Lady of Whiteness: The Statue of Liberty as Symbol of White Freedom

12Chapter 5 - Continued

5Chapter 2 - Continued

13Chapter 6 - Freedom Now? The Fall and Rise of White Freedom during the Cold War

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6Part 2, Chapter 3 - Black Slavery, White Freedom: Freedom and Race in the Era of Liberal Revolution

14Chapter 6 - Continued

7Chapter 3 - Continued

15Chapter 6 - Continued

8Chapter 4 - Empire, Racial Citizenship, and Liberal Democracy

16Conclusion: White Freedom and Freedom from Whiteness, Closing Anno

About the author

Tyler Stovall

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