"Existence in Black" is the first collective statement on the
subject of Africana Philosophy of Existence. Drawing upon resources
in Africana philosophy and literature, the contributors explore
some of the central themes of Existentialism as posed by the
context of what Frantz Fanon has identified as "the
lived-experience of the black."
Among questions posed and explored in the volume are: What is to
be done in a world of near universal sense of superiority to, if
not universal hatred of, black folk?; What is black suffering?;
What is the meaning (if any) of black existence? The introduction
argues that a response to these questions requires a journey
through the resources of identity questions in critical race theory
and the teleological dimensions of liberation theory.
The contributors address these questions through an analysis of
nearly every dimension of Africana phiosophy. In the first half of
the book, they address Black Philosophies of Existence in terms of
Traditional African Philosophy, the Harlem Renaissance, Du Boisian
Double-Consciousness, and Fanonian and Sartrean Philosophies of
Existence. In the second half of the book, contributors consider
racial identity through examinations of such concepts as equality,
death, mimesis, property, embodiment, technology, disappointment,
and dread. Part II is an exploration of postmodern challenges to
"black existence" through discussions of postmodern conservatism,
Nietzsche's thoughts on blacks, Richard Wright and fragmented
consciousness, and feminist critiques of race. And Part IV is an
examination of problems of historical responsibility and
constructing black liberation theories.
Contributors are: Ernest Allen, Jr., Robert Birt, Bernard Boxill,
George Carew, Bobby Dixon, G.M. James Gonzales, Lewis R. Gordon,
Leonard Harris, Floyd Hayes, III, Paget Henry, Patricia Huntington,
Joy Ann James, Clarence Shole Johnson, Bill E. Lawson, Howard
McGary, Roy D. Morrison, William Preston, Jean-Paul Sartre, T.
Denean Sharpley-Whiting, Gary Schwartz, Robert Westley, and Naomi
Zack.
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