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In doing so, leading thinker Kenan Malik upends many assumptions underpinning today’s heated debates around race, culture, whiteness and privilege.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalik interweaves this history of ideas with a parallel narrative: the story of the modern West’s long, failed struggle to escape ideas of race, leaving us with a world riven by identity politics. Through these accounts, he challenges received wisdom, revealing the forgotten history of a racialised working class, and questioning fashionable concepts like cultural appropriation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNot So Black and White\u003c\/em\u003e is both a lucid history rewriting the story of race, and an elegant polemic making an anti-racist case against the politics of identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56307760038261,"sku":"9781805260097","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781805260097_9d766ce5-8979-4d61-84f2-6a4eb6e9cbeb.jpg?v=1786028201"},{"product_id":"9781848874817","title":"The Quest for a Moral Compass","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this remarkable and groundbreaking book, Kenan Malik explores the history of moral thought as it has developed over three millennia, from Homer's Greece to Mao's China, from ancient India to modern America. It tells the stories of the great philosophers, and breathes life into their ideas, while also challenging many of our most cherished moral beliefs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Engaging and provocative, \u003ci\u003eThe Quest for a Moral Compass\u003c\/i\u003e confronts some of humanity's deepest questions. Where do values come from? Is God necessary for moral guidance? Are there absolute moral truths? It also brings morality down to earth, showing how, throughout history, social needs and political desires have shaped moral thinking. It is a history of the world told through the history of moral thought, and a history of moral thought that casts new light on global history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  At a time of great social turbulence and moral uncertainty, there will be few histories more important than this.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308006912373,"sku":"9781848874817","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781848874817_ad3d05cf-4255-4cbe-9ee9-98eb33b38bf4.jpg?v=1786029713"},{"product_id":"9781786491046","title":"From Fatwa to Jihad","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlmost thirty years ago, the image of burning copies of Salman Rushdie's \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Verses\u003c\/i\u003e held aloft by thousand-strong mobs of protesters became an internationally familiar symbol of anger and offence. In \u003ci\u003eFrom Fatwa to Jihad\u003c\/i\u003e, Kenan Malik reveals how the Rushdie affair transformed the debate worldwide on multiculturalism, tolerance and free speech, helped fuel the rise of radical Islam and pointed the way to the horrors of 9\/11 and 7\/7.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this new edition, Malik examines the rise of home-grown jihadis, the threat of IS-inspired terrorism in Europe and how the West has failed to learn the lessons of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56312868110709,"sku":"9781786491046","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781786491046_83b5b627-7cb3-49ee-9dd3-26b3122fae5c.jpg?v=1786026144"},{"product_id":"the-meaning-of-race","title":"The Meaning of Race","description":"In The Meaning of Race, Kenan Malik throws new light on the nature and origins of ideas of racial difference. Arguing that the concept of 'race' is a means through which Western society has come to understand the relationship between humanity, society and nature, the book re-examines the relationship between Enlightenment thought and racial discourse, clarifies the nature of scientific racism, and presents a critique of postmodern theories of cultural 'difference'.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57466807288181,"sku":"9780333628584","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780333628584.jpg?v=1785654873"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-kenan-malik.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}