Multitudes 2025/4
Journal article

White Affects and the Politics of Innocence

Pages 71 to 77

Cite this article

  • DORMEAU, Léna
  • and FAURY, Félicien,
2025. White Affects and the Politics of Innocence. Multitudes, 2025/4, p.71-77. DOI : 10.3917/mult.101.0071. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2025-4-page-71?lang=en.
  • Dormeau, Léna.
  • et al.
« White Affects and the Politics of Innocence ». Multitudes, 2025/4, 2025. p.71-77. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2025-4-page-71?lang=en.
  • Dormeau, L.
  • and Faury, F.
(2025). White Affects and the Politics of Innocence. Multitudes, 71-77. https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.101.0071.

https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.101.0071

Abstract
Authors

Cite this article

  • Dormeau, L.
  • and Faury, F.
(2025). White Affects and the Politics of Innocence. Multitudes, 71-77. https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.101.0071.
  • Dormeau, Léna.
  • et al.
« White Affects and the Politics of Innocence ». Multitudes, 2025/4, 2025. p.71-77. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2025-4-page-71?lang=en.
  • DORMEAU, Léna
  • and FAURY, Félicien,
2025. White Affects and the Politics of Innocence. Multitudes, 2025/4, p.71-77. DOI : 10.3917/mult.101.0071. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2025-4-page-71?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.101.0071

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Drawing on their respective work, Léna Dormeau and Félicien Faury explore the affective mechanisms through which whiteness is structured, legitimized, and reproduced. In this conversation, they revisit the notions of vulnerability, innocence, and liminality, and, through these, articulate the following question: what are white people afraid of?

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https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.101.0071

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