The 15 original essays in Race and Racism in Continental Philosophyexplore the resources that continental philosophy brings to debates aboutcontemporary race theory and investigate the racism of some of Europe's mostimportant thinkers. Attention is devoted to the influence of the work of W. E. B. DuBois, Jean-Paul Sartre, Richard Wright, and Frantz Fanon. Questions about race inEuropean philosophy -- especially in the work of Nietzsche, Heidegger, L vi-Strauss, and Arendt -- are also considered. This volume provides anindispensable critical introduction to new perspectives on thinking about race andracism.