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Phenomenal Blackness - Black Power, Philosophy, and Theory (Hardcover)
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Phenomenal Blackness - Black Power, Philosophy, and Theory (Hardcover)
Series: Thinking Literature
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This unorthodox account of 1960s Black thought rigorously details
the field's debts to German critical theory and explores a
forgotten tradition of Black singularity. Phenomenal Blackness
examines the changing interdisciplinary investments of key
mid-century Black writers and thinkers, including the growing
interest in German philosophy and critical theory. Mark Christian
Thompson analyzes this shift in intellectual focus across the
post-war decades, placing Black Power thought in a philosophical
context. Prior to the 1960s, sociologically oriented thinkers such
as W. E. B. Du Bois had understood Blackness as a singular set of
socio-historical characteristics. In contrast, writers such as
Amiri Baraka, James Baldwin, Angela Y. Davis, Eldridge Cleaver, and
Malcolm X were drawn to notions of an African essence, an ontology
of Black being. With these perspectives, literary language came to
be seen as the primary social expression of Blackness. For this new
way of thinking, the works of philosophers such as Adorno,
Habermas, and Marcuse were a vital resource, allowing for continued
cultural-materialist analysis while accommodating the hermeneutical
aspects of Black religious thought. Thompson argues that these
efforts to reimagine Black singularity led to a phenomenological
understanding of Blackness-a "Black aesthetic dimension" wherein
aspirational models for Black liberation might emerge.
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Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Thinking Literature |
Release date: |
2022 |
Authors: |
Mark Christian Thompson
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
208 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-81641-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
General
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LSN: |
0-226-81641-9 |
Barcode: |
9780226816418 |
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