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‘Take back control’: how colonial nostalgia still informs political discourse

Surviving the Insanity of a Racist World

The Psychosis of Whiteness

'Witty, energising and refreshing' Jeffrey Boakye 
 
Take a step through the looking-glass to a strange land, one where Piers Morgan is a voice worth listening to about race, where white people buy self-help books to help them cope with their whiteness, where Boris Johnson and Donald Trump are seen by the majority of the population as 'the right (white) man for the job'. Perhaps you know it. All the inhabitants seem to be afflicted by serious delusions, for example that racism doesn't exist and if it does it can be cured with a one-hour inclusion seminar, and bizarre collective hallucinations, like the widely held idea that Britain's only role in slavery was to abolish it. 
 
But there is a serious side too. Society cannot face up to the racism at its heart and in its history, so the delusions, irrationalities and hallucinations it conjures up to avoid doing so can only best be described as a psychosis, with the costs being borne by the sons and daughters of that racist history. Living in a racist world is like living in a world that bears no resemblance to reality. Black and brown people suffer from a greater number of mental health difficulties too, caused in no small part by trying to survive a racist society. 
 
Kehinde Andrews is your piercing, wry and not a little funny guide back to sanity, unpicking the absurd and outrageous lies society tells to keep up the status quo. The Psychosis of Whiteness is your lifeboat out of this topsy-turvy world.

Kehinde Andrews' revelatory masterpiece bursts the bubble of pseudo-intellectual charm that surrounds and disguises the delusional philosophy of the racist societies we live in

The Psychosis of Whiteness serves as a testament to Kehinde Andrews' exceptional ability to shed light on the far-reaching mechanisms of racism

A crucial, incisive and highly accessible academic commentary on racism and the pernicious processes that keep it in place. For those lulled by the idea of progress, The Psychosis of Whiteness will tear the scales from their eyes

A phenomenal book - brilliant, revelatory, rebellious, rigorous, informative, entertaining and bloody funny. It has become one of my very favourite books. This is an important piece of work that will better our nation and better our understanding of this world

Compelling … Kehinde Andrews’s new book, The Psychosis of Whiteness, is as provocative as his frequent TV clashes with Piers Morgan … and offers many rich observations

This is an important book, an honest book, and a book that anyone who disagrees with Kehinde would do well to read. I'm personally so grateful to Kehinde for presenting his experiences and insights in this way, because he offers a truly vital perspective on racism and racial inequity. For anyone seeking to empower themselves over a white supremacy that seeks to consume us all, this is genuinely an essential read. Witty, energising and refreshing, The Psychosis of Whiteness is a book of anti-racist activism from one of our most important thinkers in the field

The inherent thinking and reasoning short circuits whiteness requires to sustain itself, have long been theorised but nowhere as accessibly, wittingly and humorously than in The Psychosis of Whiteness. A crucial contribution from Andrews to our epistemological understanding of racialised power, denialism and their operationalisation in society

The Psychosis of Whiteness is a smart, essential and rational takedown of the myths that uphold white supremacy, and systems and people that promote it across our society

A book as thought provoking as its title. Kehinde Andrews continues to explore new areas of critical thinking, that while uncomfortable, is required in order for change to occur

Kehinde Andrews tells the truth to power. Courageous and very readable, this book is a remarkable and enriching work which shines a light on many dark places

Take a step through the looking-glass to a strange land, one where Piers Morgan is a voice worth listening to about race, where white people buy self-help books to help them cope with their whiteness, where Boris Johnson and Donald Trump are seen by the majority of the population as 'the right (white) man for the job'. Perhaps you know it. All the inhabitants seem to be afflicted by serious delusions, like that racism doesn't exist and if it does it can be cured with a one-hour inclusion seminar, and bizarre collective hallucinations, like the widely held idea that Britain's only role in slavery was to abolish it. 
 
But there is a serious side too. Black and brown people suffer from a greater number of mental health difficulties, caused in no small part by living in a racist society. But being Black and brown has itself been pathologized by the young field of psychology. Society cannot face up to the racism at its heart and in its history, so the delusions, irrationalities and hallucinations it conjures up to avoid doing so can only best be described as a psychosis, and the costs are being borne by the sons and daughters of that racist history. 
 
Kehinde Andrews is your piercing, wry and not a little funny guide back to sanity, unpicking the absurd and outrageous lies society tells to keep up the status quo and The Psychosis of Whiteness is your lifeboat out of this topsy-turvy world.

How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World

The New Age of Empire

"Kehinde Andrews is a crucial voice walking in a proud tradition of Black radical criticism and action" Akala 
 
"An uncompromising account of the roots of racism today" Kimberlé Crenshaw 
 
"This clear-eyed analysis insists upon the revolutionary acts of freedom we will need to break out of these systems of violence" Ibram X. Kendi 
 
 
 
The New Age of Empire takes us back to the beginning of the European Empires, outlining the deliberate terror and suffering wrought during every stage of the expansion, and destroys the self-congratulatory myth that the West was founded on the three great revolutions of science, industry and politics. Instead, genocide, slavery and colonialism are the key foundation stones upon which the West was built, and we are still living under this system today: America is now at the helm, perpetuating global inequality through business, government, and institutions like the UN, the IMF, the World Bank and the WTO. 
 
The West is rich because the Rest is poor. Capitalism is racism. The West congratulations itself on raising poverty by increments in the developing world while ignoring the fact that it created these conditions in the first place, and continues to perpetuate them. The Enlightenment, which underlies every part of our foundational philosophy today, was and is profoundly racist. This colonial logic was and is used to justify the ransacking of Black and brown bodies and their land. The fashionable solutions offered by the white Left in recent years fall far short of even beginning to tackle the West's place at the helm of a racist global order. 
 
Offering no easy answers, The New Age of Empire is essential reading to understand our profoundly corrupt global system. A work of essential clarity, The New Age of Empire is a groundbreaking new blueprint for taking Black Radical thought into the twenty-first century and beyond.

Kehinde Andrews shines a light on the truth of our past and in doing so lights the way forward. Essential reading

An uncompromising account of the roots of racism today

Skillfully interweaving economics, politics, and history to debunk popular narratives of social progress, this searing takedown hits home

Kehinde Andrews is a crucial voice walking in a proud tradition of Black radical criticism and action

This book is a provocation.  It is not meant to make us comfortable or inspired, but rather to remind us of the hard truth that the West was built on slavery, genocide, and colonialism-the bases of racial capitalism and modern empire.  And as Kehinde Andrews argues, we are still living this imperial nightmare, still reaping the consequences of contemporary racialized violence and exploitation.  The lesson: no freedom under racism, no future under capitalism, no justice without decolonization.

Professor Andrews takes the reader on a journey, and it isn't a comfortable one. I challenge you to pick up this book and read it carefully, once that is done, I am sure the reader will be challenged, in thinking and hopefully actions moving forward.

This book is a radical, necessary indictment of the racist structures that produced the current anti-Black world order. Historically rigorous and deeply researched, Kehinde Andrews writes with lucidity about the global tactics of Western imperialism, centuries ago and at present. His clear-eyed analysis insists upon the revolutionary acts of freedom we will need to break out of these systems of violence

Professor Andrews never misses. And this is a compelling account of European Empires and the cost of their plunder

Uncompromising and intelligent. Kehinde is taking the conversation deeper and further - exactly where it needs to go.

Destined to serve as a kind of primary text for a new generation of students of antiracism looking to get to grips with the violence of our imperial inheritance

The New Age of Empire destroys the self-congratulatory myth that the West was founded on the three great revolutions of science, industry and politics. Instead, genocide, slavery and colonialism are the key foundation stones upon which the West was built, and we are still living under this system today: America is now at the helm, perpetuating global inequality through business, government, and institutions like the UN, the IMF, the World Bank and the WTO. The West is rich because the Rest is poor. Capitalism is racism. The Enlightenment, which underlies every part of our foundational philosophy today, was and is profoundly racist. A work of essential clarity, The New Age of Empire is a groundbreaking new account of our place in our profoundly corrupt global system.

Kehinde Andrews

Once again Kehinde Andrews nails it! An explosive, inspirational, honest and powerful account of the real impact of Malcolm X’s mission. A must read for anyone serious about understanding and fighting for true revolutionary racial justice

Kehinde Andrews’ offers a provocative, insightful, and urgent reading of the revolutionary political thought of the Black working class hero of the 20th century. At turns angry, humorous, tendentious, and illuminating, this book gives no quarter in its search for Black liberation. Nobody Can Give You Freedom offers a bracing challenge to a new generation to reclaim the revolutionary legacy Malcolm X left behind in his time for the contemporary struggles for Black freedom that remain in our own

Peniel E. Joseph, author of The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

A bracingly radical and thorough re-examination of Malcolm X

Kehinde has done a powerful thing with this book. Nobody Can Give You Freedom is important, honest and refreshing. It's a must-read for people who want to understand how Malcolm X wanted us to change the world

The Real Mission of Malcolm X

Malcolm X is a titanic figure in political history, but he is also one of the most misunderstood. So much of what we know about his life and politics is from books, films and documentaries that are all guilty of peddling the Malcolm myth for their own nefarious interests. Forever known as the violent Yang to Martin Luther King’s Yin, in the years since his death he has been co-opted into the American project, punished by his enemies for his radicalism, and marginalised by decades of governments, academics and activists. 
 
But here, for the first time, Malcolm is rediscovered. On the centenary of his birthday, in a world shaken by decades of injustice and racism, Malcolm’s political mission is more urgent than ever. In Nobody Can Give You Freedom, Kehinde Andrews reveals his real revolutionary programme. Malcolm’s activism was his philosophy, and paying attention to it reveals the true cultural icon – who, if he were alive today, would tell us to pick up the mantle, and overturn this wicked system for good.

Kehinde Andrews

Praise for Nobody Can Give You Freedom

Once again Kehinde Andrews nails it! An explosive, inspirational, honest and powerful account of the real impact of Malcolm X’s mission. A must read for anyone serious about understanding and fighting for true revol ...

Kehinde Andrews’ offers a provocative, insightful, and urgent reading of the revolutionary political thought of the Black working class hero of the 20th century. At turns angry, humorous, tendentious, and illuminati ...

A bracingly radical and thorough re-examination of Malcolm X

Once again Kehinde Andrews nails it! An explosive, inspirational, honest and powerful account of the real impact of Malcolm X’s mission. A must read for anyone serious about understanding and fighting for true revol ...

Kehinde Andrews’ offers a provocative, insightful, and urgent reading of the revolutionary political thought of the Black working class hero of the 20th century. At turns angry, humorous, tendentious, and illuminati ...

A bracingly radical and thorough re-examination of Malcolm X

Once again Kehinde Andrews nails it! An explosive, inspirational, honest and powerful account of the real impact of Malcolm X’s mission. A must read for anyone serious about understanding and fighting for true revol ...

Kehinde Andrews’ offers a provocative, insightful, and urgent reading of the revolutionary political thought of the Black working class hero of the 20th century. At turns angry, humorous, tendentious, and illuminati ...

A bracingly radical and thorough re-examination of Malcolm X

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