Witnessing : beyond recognition / Kelly Oliver.

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, ©2001.

ix, 251 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-236) and index.

Introduction : Beyond recognition -- Domination, multiculturalism, and the pathology of recognition -- Identity politics, deconstruction, and recognition -- Identity as subordination, abjection, and exclusion -- The necessity and impossibility of witnessing -- False witnesses -- History, transformation, and vigilance -- Seeing race -- Vision and recognition -- Toward a new vision -- Conclusion : Witnessing the power of love.