The Many Epiphanies of Race investigates the contemporary resurgence of racial thought in the 21st century, focusing particularly on the United States under Donald Trump and the ideological constellation linking neoliberalism, technocracy, pronatalism, and neo-eugenics. Although biological race has long been discredited by genetics and social theory, this book argues that race has not disappeared; rather, it has mutated and re-emerged in new, more sophisticated forms. Through a genealogical analysis, the volume traces the historical continuity between colonial racism, scientific eugenics, and contemporary “race science,” highlighting how neoliberal ideology transforms social inequalities into supposedly natural, genetic differences. Drawing on recent investigative reports (including those by HOPE not hate and international media), the book reveals the networks connecting far-right intellectuals, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, and pseudoscientific foundations that seek to legitimize racial hierarchies under the guise of meritocracy, intelligence research, and technological progress. Race, the book contends, functions not as a relic of the past but as an active social relation of domination—an instrument for organizing labor hierarchies, naturalizing inequality, and governing populations within global capitalism. In both its techno-eugenic American form and its xenophobic European variant, contemporary racism operates as a structural mechanism that legitimizes exclusion, exploitation, and disposability. By reconstructing the genealogy of racial ideology and exposing its modern transformations, the volume aims not only to interpret the persistence of racism but to provide critical tools for challenging its renewed normalization in public, academic, and political discourse.

Le tante epifanie della razza indaga la riemersione contemporanea del pensiero razziale nel XXI secolo, concentrandosi in particolare sugli Stati Uniti sotto Donald Trump e sulla costellazione ideologica che collega neoliberismo, tecnocrazia, pronatalismo e neo-eugenetica. Sebbene la razza biologica sia stata da tempo screditata dalla genetica e dalla teoria sociale, il libro sostiene che la razza non sia scomparsa; al contrario, si è trasformata ed è riemersa in forme nuove e più sofisticate. Attraverso un’analisi genealogica, il volume ricostruisce la continuità storica tra il razzismo coloniale, l’eugenetica scientifica e la contemporanea “race science”, mostrando come l’ideologia neoliberale trasformi le disuguaglianze sociali in presunte differenze naturali e genetiche. Basandosi su recenti inchieste (tra cui quelle di HOPE not hate e di media internazionali), il libro mette in luce le reti che collegano intellettuali dell’estrema destra, imprenditori della Silicon Valley e fondazioni pseudoscientifiche impegnate a legittimare gerarchie razziali sotto il velo della meritocrazia, della ricerca sull’intelligenza e del progresso tecnologico. La razza, sostiene il volume, non funziona come un relitto del passato, ma come un attivo rapporto sociale di dominio: uno strumento per organizzare gerarchie del lavoro, naturalizzare le disuguaglianze e governare le popolazioni all’interno del capitalismo globale. Tanto nella sua forma tecno-eugenetica statunitense quanto nella sua variante xenofoba europea, il razzismo contemporaneo opera come meccanismo strutturale che legittima esclusione, sfruttamento e produzione di vite considerate sacrificabili. Ricostruendo la genealogia dell’ideologia razziale e smascherandone le trasformazioni moderne, il volume si propone non solo di interpretare la persistenza del razzismo, ma anche di fornire strumenti critici per contrastarne la rinnovata normalizzazione nel discorso pubblico, accademico e politico.

Pirrone, M.A. (2026). LE TANTE EPIFANIE DELLA RAZZA. L’eugenica nell’America di Donald Trump e il razzismo come rapporto sociale. Palermo : Mediter Italia.

LE TANTE EPIFANIE DELLA RAZZA. L’eugenica nell’America di Donald Trump e il razzismo come rapporto sociale

Pirrone Marco Antonio
2026-02-16

Abstract

The Many Epiphanies of Race investigates the contemporary resurgence of racial thought in the 21st century, focusing particularly on the United States under Donald Trump and the ideological constellation linking neoliberalism, technocracy, pronatalism, and neo-eugenics. Although biological race has long been discredited by genetics and social theory, this book argues that race has not disappeared; rather, it has mutated and re-emerged in new, more sophisticated forms. Through a genealogical analysis, the volume traces the historical continuity between colonial racism, scientific eugenics, and contemporary “race science,” highlighting how neoliberal ideology transforms social inequalities into supposedly natural, genetic differences. Drawing on recent investigative reports (including those by HOPE not hate and international media), the book reveals the networks connecting far-right intellectuals, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, and pseudoscientific foundations that seek to legitimize racial hierarchies under the guise of meritocracy, intelligence research, and technological progress. Race, the book contends, functions not as a relic of the past but as an active social relation of domination—an instrument for organizing labor hierarchies, naturalizing inequality, and governing populations within global capitalism. In both its techno-eugenic American form and its xenophobic European variant, contemporary racism operates as a structural mechanism that legitimizes exclusion, exploitation, and disposability. By reconstructing the genealogy of racial ideology and exposing its modern transformations, the volume aims not only to interpret the persistence of racism but to provide critical tools for challenging its renewed normalization in public, academic, and political discourse.
16-feb-2026
Settore GSPS-05/A - Sociologia generale
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Pirrone, M.A. (2026). LE TANTE EPIFANIE DELLA RAZZA. L’eugenica nell’America di Donald Trump e il razzismo come rapporto sociale. Palermo : Mediter Italia.
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