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Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1 Contingency, History, and Ontology: On Abolishing Whiteness 19 2 Turbulent and Dangerous Spirits: Irish Servitude in Barbados 51 3 Race and Biology: Scientific Reason and the Politics of Purity 77 4 “Becoming” White: Race, Reality, and Agency 106 5 The Politics of Purity: Colonialism, Reason, and Modernity 136 6 Creolizing Subjects: Antiracism and the Future of Philosophy 183 Notes 225 Works Cited 237 Index 245 Contents ...

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