Racialism pervaded Western consciousness before and beyond capitalism

Evidence

In short, there were at least four distinct moments that must be apprehended in European racialism; two whose origins are to be found within the dialectic of European development, and two that are not: … 1. the racial ordering of European society from its formative period, which extends into the medieval and feudal ages as “blood” and racial beliefs and legends. … 2. the Islamic (i.e., Arab, Persian, Turkish, and African) domination of Mediterranean civilization and the consequent retarding of European social and cultural life: the Dark Ages. … 3. the incorporation of African, Asian, and peoples of the New World into the world system emerging from late feudalism and merchant capitalism. … 4. the dialectic of colonialism, plantocratic slavery, and resistance from the sixteenth century forward, and the formations of industrial labor and labor reserves. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 385 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Sexism and racism jointly founded the American social order from colonization; Pre-war Western thought deemed African belief illogical idolatry; Racism and nationalism predate capitalism and shaped its development. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 122 (+25 more)

Related

• European racialism has four analytically distinct historical moments (similarity 0.90)
• Racism and nationalism predate capitalism and shaped its development. (similarity 0.88)
• European racism began inside Europe before capitalism or African encounters (similarity 0.87)
• European racial ideology predates colonial encounters and was extended to non-Europeans later (similarity 0.87)
• Racialism was already routine in Europe by the close of the Middle Ages (similarity 0.87)
• Capitalism emerged within feudalism rather than negating it, rooted in racialism. (similarity 0.86)
• Capitalism conserving non-capitalist modes produces racial and colonial ideologies. (similarity 0.86)
• Racism has no universal structure but only historically specific forms (similarity 0.86)
• European racism predates African enslavement and originated as intra-European domination (similarity 0.85)
• Racialism is an enduring principle of European civilization, not a modern invention (similarity 0.85)
• European racial ideology predated and justified the African slave trade, not vice versa (similarity 0.85)
• Racialism entered Western social thought as early as the feudal period (similarity 0.85)
• Capitalism developed along essentially racial lines, not rational universalist ones (similarity 0.85)
• A civilization like Europe’s could not produce self-critique exposing its own racialism (similarity 0.84)
• European racism began as intra-European class domination before it was applied to Africans. (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Racial hierarchy and whiteness were invented inside Europe before modern capitalism #corroborates (0.85)
• English racialism predated ruling class divisions and shaped proletarianization itself #corroborates (0.70)
• European racialism has four analytically distinct historical moments #expands (0.60) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 385
• Capitalism failed to strip social life of historical consciousness embedded in culture #expands (0.55)