Hobbes’s exclusionary frame is cultural-historical civility rather than biological race

Evidence

As this excerpt suggests exemplarily, and as the rest of the paper will argue, Hobbes’s texts are constructing a certain image of civilization, a form of exclusion and domination eschewing biological determinism for a social, historical, one. This ‘civilizational’ thinking certainly can work – and will work later on in conjunction with modern racism and white privilege – to exclude many. — , Stephanie B. Martens - Civilization and…, 25

Categorization

• DEFINE: Sharply distinguishes ‘biologically racist’ from ‘civilizational’ exclusion — a taxonomical distinction central to the chapter’s whole argument.
• SEED: Angle: how cultural/civilizational hierarchy does exclusion’s work without ever declaring race — the ‘polite racism’ analogue across eras.
• XREF: connects to: Calling Hobbes a racist need not be anachronistic. — , Stephanie B. Martens - Civilization and…, 17; Hobbes locates his hypothesized state of nature in the living present of Americas’ peoples — , Stephanie B. Martens - Civilization and…, 24; Hobbes supplied the theoretical premise of excluding humanity that race doctrines need (+8 more)

Related

• Hobbes’s prejudice against Native Americans was civilizational rather than racial. (similarity 0.91)
• Calling Hobbes a racist need not be anachronistic. (similarity 0.91)
• Hobbes read contemporary American tribes as living evidence of Europe’s own ancient past. (similarity 0.83)
• Hobbes supplied the theoretical premise of excluding humanity that race doctrines need (similarity 0.82)
• Hobbes frames savages as deprived of arts rather than as hostile enemies. (similarity 0.81)
• Hobbes’s exclusion of humanity from politics is the prerequisite for all race doctrines (similarity 0.81)
• Hobbes locates his hypothesized state of nature in the living present of Americas’ peoples (similarity 0.80)
• Biological racism and cultural differentialism combine rather than replace each other. (similarity 0.79)
• Classical biological racism has given way to multiple historically specific racisms (similarity 0.79)
• Stephanie B. Martens - Civilization and Its Others- American Imaginaries, State of Nature, and Civility in Hobbes (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Hobbes’s prejudice against Native Americans was civilizational rather than racial. #exemplifies (0.88) — , Stephanie B. Martens - Civilization and…, 71
• Biological racism and cultural differentialism combine rather than replace each other. #complicates (0.78) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 344
• Cultural-difference discourse naturalizes exclusion without requiring claims of biological inferiority. #complicates (0.75) — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 577
• Hobbes supplied the theoretical premise of excluding humanity that race doctrines need #corroborates (0.72)
• Classical biological racism has given way to multiple historically specific racisms #corroborates (0.72) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1875
• Hobbes’s exclusion of humanity from politics is the prerequisite for all race doctrines #corroborates (0.70) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 427
• Cultural and biological racisms cannot be sharply separated discursively #complicates (0.70) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 395