Response to Christopher Stout’s Review of Producers, Parasites, Patriots: Race and the New Right-Wing Politics of Precarity

Stout’s third criticism is that Black and brown conservatism is not motivated by genuine political appeals but rather “by the attention and economic benefits that come along with supporting racially conservative movements.” Alas, however, we find political identification and interest to be far more...

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Published in:Perspectives on politics 2021-12, Vol.19 (4), p.1281-1282
Main Authors: HoSang, Daniel Martinez, Lowndes, Joseph E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Conservatism
Critical Dialogue
Criticism
Parasites
Political identity
Politics
Race
Right wing politics
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Summary:Stout’s third criticism is that Black and brown conservatism is not motivated by genuine political appeals but rather “by the attention and economic benefits that come along with supporting racially conservative movements.” Alas, however, we find political identification and interest to be far more complex and subject to historically distinct political conditions. Ours is based on institutional analysis, cultural interpretation, historical contextualization, and political contingency where politics precedes interest, not the other way around.
ISSN:1537-5927
1541-0986
DOI:10.1017/S1537592721002917