Sociological explanations of racism tend to concentrate on the structures anddynamics of modern life that facilitate discrimination and hierarchies ofinequality... » 

Sociological explanations of racism tend to concentrate on the structures anddynamics of modern life that facilitate discrimination and hierarchies ofinequality. In doing so they often fail to address why racial hatred arisesas opposed to how it arises as well as to explain why it can be so visceraland explosive in character. Bringing together sociological perspectives withpsychoanalytic concepts and tools this text offers a clear accessible andthoughtprovoking synthesis of varieties of theory with the aim of clarifyingthe complex character of racism discrimination and social exclusion in thecontemporary world. «