First published as Race, nation, classe: les identites ambigues

by Editions La Decouverte, Paris 1988

This translation first published by Verso 1991
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English-language edition Verso 1991
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Balibar, Etienne
Race, nation, class: ambiguous identities.
I. Title II. Wallerstein, Immanuel, 1930-
305.8
ISBN 0-86091-327-9
ISBN 0-86091-542-5 pbk
US Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Balibar, Etienne, 1942-
[Race, nation, classe. English]
Race, nation, class: ambiguous identities I Etienne Balibar and
Immanuel Wallerstein: translation by Chris Turner.
p. em.
Translation of: Race, nation, classe.
ISBN 0-86091-327-9. -ISBN 0-86091-542-5 (pbk.)
I. Racism. 2. Nationalism. 3. Social classes. 4. Social
conflict. L Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice, 1930- . II. Title.
HT 152l-B3313 1991
305.8-dc20
Typeset by Leaper & Gard Ltd, Bristol
Printed and bound in Finland
by Werner Soderstrom Oy
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Contents
Preface
Etienne Balibar
Part I Universal Racism
1 Is There a 'Neo-Racism'?
Etienne Balibar
'( 2 )The Ideological of
Universalism versus Racism and Sexism
Immanuel Wallerstein
3 \Racism and Nationalism
/ Etienne Ba/ibar
Part II The Historical Nation
The Construction of Peoplehood:
Racism, Nationalism, Ethnicity
Immanuel Wallerstein
5 The Nation Form: History and Ideology
Etienne Balibar
/-6
Household Structures and Labour-Force Formation
in the Capitalist World-Economy
Immanuel Wallerstein
Part Ill Classes: Polarization and Overdetermination
7 Class Conflict in the Capitalist World-Economy
Immanuel Wallerstein
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