---
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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>\r\n\t\t\t\t<jats:p>This article studies
    the anti-racist writings by contemporary scholars Cornel West, Eddie S. Glaude,
    Jr., George Yancy, and Claudia Rankine. It uncovers how they include personal
    narratives in their works in order to theorise the workings of white hegemony
    in the twenty-first century. In doing so, I argue, they productively blur the
    lines between the personal and the theoretical as well as between the past and
    the present. Consequently, they problematise the notion of abstract theorising,
    the myth of continuous racial progress as well as conceptions of postracialism.</jats:p>"
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Alexandra
  full_name: Hartmann, Alexandra
  last_name: Hartmann
citation:
  ama: 'Hartmann A. The Personal Is Theoretical and the Past Is Present: Blurring
    the Lines in Contemporary Anti-Racist Writing. <i>Open Cultural Studies</i>. 2018;2(1):224-235.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021">10.1515/culture-2018-0021</a>'
  apa: 'Hartmann, A. (2018). The Personal Is Theoretical and the Past Is Present:
    Blurring the Lines in Contemporary Anti-Racist Writing. <i>Open Cultural Studies</i>,
    <i>2</i>(1), 224–235. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021">https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Hartmann_2018, title={The Personal Is Theoretical and the Past
    Is Present: Blurring the Lines in Contemporary Anti-Racist Writing}, volume={2},
    DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021">10.1515/culture-2018-0021</a>},
    number={1}, journal={Open Cultural Studies}, publisher={Walter de Gruyter GmbH},
    author={Hartmann, Alexandra}, year={2018}, pages={224–235} }'
  chicago: 'Hartmann, Alexandra. “The Personal Is Theoretical and the Past Is Present:
    Blurring the Lines in Contemporary Anti-Racist Writing.” <i>Open Cultural Studies</i>
    2, no. 1 (2018): 224–35. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021">https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021</a>.'
  ieee: 'A. Hartmann, “The Personal Is Theoretical and the Past Is Present: Blurring
    the Lines in Contemporary Anti-Racist Writing,” <i>Open Cultural Studies</i>,
    vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 224–235, 2018, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021">10.1515/culture-2018-0021</a>.'
  mla: 'Hartmann, Alexandra. “The Personal Is Theoretical and the Past Is Present:
    Blurring the Lines in Contemporary Anti-Racist Writing.” <i>Open Cultural Studies</i>,
    vol. 2, no. 1, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2018, pp. 224–35, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021">10.1515/culture-2018-0021</a>.'
  short: A. Hartmann, Open Cultural Studies 2 (2018) 224–235.
date_created: 2023-01-11T10:56:10Z
date_updated: 2024-06-17T14:06:55Z
doi: 10.1515/culture-2018-0021
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issue: '1'
keyword:
- General Social Sciences
- General Arts and Humanities
language:
- iso: eng
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page: 224-235
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  issn:
  - 2451-3474
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title: 'The Personal Is Theoretical and the Past Is Present: Blurring the Lines in
  Contemporary Anti-Racist Writing'
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---
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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: |-
    <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
                   <jats:p>This article studies the anti-racist writings by contemporary scholars Cornel West, Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., George Yancy, and Claudia Rankine. It uncovers how they include personal narratives in their works in order to theorise the workings of white hegemony in the twenty-first century. In doing so, I argue, they productively blur the lines between the personal and the theoretical as well as between the past and the present. Consequently, they problematise the notion of abstract theorising, the myth of continuous racial progress as well as conceptions of postracialism.</jats:p>
author:
- first_name: Alexandra
  full_name: Hartmann, Alexandra
  last_name: Hartmann
citation:
  ama: 'Hartmann A. The Personal Is Theoretical and the Past Is Present: Blurring
    the Lines in Contemporary Anti-Racist Writing. <i>Open Cultural Studies</i>. 2018;2(1):224-235.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021">10.1515/culture-2018-0021</a>'
  apa: 'Hartmann, A. (2018). The Personal Is Theoretical and the Past Is Present:
    Blurring the Lines in Contemporary Anti-Racist Writing. <i>Open Cultural Studies</i>,
    <i>2</i>(1), 224–235. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021">https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Hartmann_2018, title={The Personal Is Theoretical and the Past
    Is Present: Blurring the Lines in Contemporary Anti-Racist Writing}, volume={2},
    DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021">10.1515/culture-2018-0021</a>},
    number={1}, journal={Open Cultural Studies}, publisher={Walter de Gruyter GmbH},
    author={Hartmann, Alexandra}, year={2018}, pages={224–235} }'
  chicago: 'Hartmann, Alexandra. “The Personal Is Theoretical and the Past Is Present:
    Blurring the Lines in Contemporary Anti-Racist Writing.” <i>Open Cultural Studies</i>
    2, no. 1 (2018): 224–35. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021">https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021</a>.'
  ieee: 'A. Hartmann, “The Personal Is Theoretical and the Past Is Present: Blurring
    the Lines in Contemporary Anti-Racist Writing,” <i>Open Cultural Studies</i>,
    vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 224–235, 2018, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021">10.1515/culture-2018-0021</a>.'
  mla: 'Hartmann, Alexandra. “The Personal Is Theoretical and the Past Is Present:
    Blurring the Lines in Contemporary Anti-Racist Writing.” <i>Open Cultural Studies</i>,
    vol. 2, no. 1, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2018, pp. 224–35, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021">10.1515/culture-2018-0021</a>.'
  short: A. Hartmann, Open Cultural Studies 2 (2018) 224–235.
date_created: 2024-06-17T15:54:44Z
date_updated: 2024-07-25T08:26:36Z
department:
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doi: 10.1515/culture-2018-0021
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- iso: eng
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  issn:
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publication_status: published
publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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title: 'The Personal Is Theoretical and the Past Is Present: Blurring the Lines in
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type: journal_article
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...
---
_id: '36007'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>\n\t\t\t\t<jats:p>This article studies the
    anti-racist writings by contemporary scholars Cornel West, Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.,
    George Yancy, and Claudia Rankine. It uncovers how they include personal narratives
    in their works in order to theorise the workings of white hegemony in the twenty-first
    century. In doing so, I argue, they productively blur the lines between the personal
    and the theoretical as well as between the past and the present. Consequently,
    they problematise the notion of abstract theorising, the myth of continuous racial
    progress as well as conceptions of postracialism.</jats:p>"
author:
- first_name: Alexandra
  full_name: Hartmann, Alexandra
  last_name: Hartmann
citation:
  ama: 'Hartmann A. The Personal Is Theoretical and the Past Is Present: Blurring
    the Lines in Contemporary Anti-Racist Writing. <i>Open Cultural Studies</i>. 2018;2(1):224-235.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021">10.1515/culture-2018-0021</a>'
  apa: 'Hartmann, A. (2018). The Personal Is Theoretical and the Past Is Present:
    Blurring the Lines in Contemporary Anti-Racist Writing. <i>Open Cultural Studies</i>,
    <i>2</i>(1), 224–235. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021">https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Hartmann_2018, title={The Personal Is Theoretical and the Past
    Is Present: Blurring the Lines in Contemporary Anti-Racist Writing}, volume={2},
    DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021">10.1515/culture-2018-0021</a>},
    number={1}, journal={Open Cultural Studies}, publisher={Walter de Gruyter GmbH},
    author={Hartmann, Alexandra}, year={2018}, pages={224–235} }'
  chicago: 'Hartmann, Alexandra. “The Personal Is Theoretical and the Past Is Present:
    Blurring the Lines in Contemporary Anti-Racist Writing.” <i>Open Cultural Studies</i>
    2, no. 1 (2018): 224–35. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021">https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021</a>.'
  ieee: 'A. Hartmann, “The Personal Is Theoretical and the Past Is Present: Blurring
    the Lines in Contemporary Anti-Racist Writing,” <i>Open Cultural Studies</i>,
    vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 224–235, 2018, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021">10.1515/culture-2018-0021</a>.'
  mla: 'Hartmann, Alexandra. “The Personal Is Theoretical and the Past Is Present:
    Blurring the Lines in Contemporary Anti-Racist Writing.” <i>Open Cultural Studies</i>,
    vol. 2, no. 1, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2018, pp. 224–35, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0021">10.1515/culture-2018-0021</a>.'
  short: A. Hartmann, Open Cultural Studies 2 (2018) 224–235.
date_created: 2023-01-11T10:54:25Z
date_updated: 2025-01-22T15:36:19Z
doi: 10.1515/culture-2018-0021
intvolume: '         2'
issue: '1'
keyword:
- General Social Sciences
- General Arts and Humanities
page: 224-235
publication: Open Cultural Studies
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2451-3474
publication_status: published
publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
status: public
title: 'The Personal Is Theoretical and the Past Is Present: Blurring the Lines in
  Contemporary Anti-Racist Writing'
type: journal_article
user_id: '14608'
volume: 2
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