Routing Out Supremacy's Religious Roots: From Skin Color Back Through Bible Code to City-State Coercion
Perkinson discusses the origins of colonialism and white supremacy, tracing it back to the relationship with the land. He explores the shift from pastoral-nomad lifeways to city-state agriculture, leading to a myth of cultivar sovereignty and Christian supremacy.
Perkinson discusses the origins of colonialism and white supremacy, tracing it back to the relationship with the land. He explores the shift from pastoral-nomad lifeways to city-state agriculture, leading to a myth of cultivar sovereignty and Christian supremacy. He argues that white supremacy is rooted in a myth of mastery over the non-human world, with a focus on urban-centered control of land. He highlights the resistance of pastoral nomad traditions against city-state coercion and the importance of a respectful land-based symbiosis. Furthermore, he stresses that the deep historical taproot of white supremacy implies a particular relationship to land centered in cities, supported by farmlands, and ultimately leading to the enslavement of both land and non-humankind.
James W Perkinson, Psychology, SUSTAINABILITY, Nomads, Nominalism, Humans, Sovereignty, White supremacy, Mythology, Coercion, Symbiosis, Cities, Agricultural land, Colonialism, United States, US
Perkinson, James W. 2024. “ROUTING OUT SUPREMACY’S RELIGIOUS ROOTS.” Cross Currents 74 (4): 501–18. https://doi.org/10.1353/cro.2024.a963639.