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The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback)
Frantz Fanon; Introduction by Cornel West; Translated by Richard Philcox; Foreword by Homi K. Bhabha; Preface by Jean-Paul Sartre
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The sixtieth anniversary edition of Frantz Fanon's landmark text,
now with a new introduction by Cornel WestFirst published in 1961,
and reissued in this sixtieth anniversary edition with a powerful
new introduction by Cornel West, Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the
Earth is a masterfuland timeless interrogation of race,
colonialism, psychological trauma, and revolutionary struggle, and
a continuing influence on movements from Black Lives Matter to
decolonization. A landmark text for revolutionaries and activists,
The Wretched of the Earth is an eternal touchstone for civil
rights, anti-colonialism, psychiatric studies, and Black
consciousness movements around the world. Alongside Cornel West's
introduction, the book features critical essays by Jean-Paul Sartre
and Homi K. Bhabha. This sixtieth anniversary edition of Fanon's
most famous text stands proudly alongside such pillars of
anti-colonialism and anti-racism as Edward Said's Orientalism and
The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
"The Black Panther Party" represents Black Panther Party members'
coordinated responses over the last four decades to the failure of
city, state, and federal bureaucrats to address the basic needs of
their respective communities. The Party pioneered free social
service programs that are now in the mainstream of American life.
The Party's Sickle Cell Anemia Research Foundation, operated
with Oakland's Children's Hospital, was among the nation's first
such testing programs. Its Free Breakfast Program served as a model
for national programs. Other initiatives included free clinics,
grocery giveaways, school and education programs, senior programs,
and legal aid programs.
Published here for the first time in book form, "The Black
Panther Party" makes the case that the programs' methods are viable
models for addressing the persistent, basic social injustices and
economic problems of today's American cities and suburbs.
In 1969, Martin Kilson became the first tenured African American
professor at Harvard University, where he taught African and
African American politics for over thirty years. In A Black
Intellectual's Odyssey, Kilson takes readers on a fascinating
journey from his upbringing in the small Pennsylvania milltown of
Ambler to his experiences attending Lincoln University-the
country's oldest HBCU-to pursuing graduate study at Harvard before
spending his entire career there as a faculty member. This is as
much a story of his travels from the racist margins of
twentieth-century America to one of the nation's most prestigious
institutions as it is a portrait of the places that shaped him. He
gives a sweeping sociological tour of Ambler as a multiethnic,
working-class company town while sketching the social, economic,
and racial elements that marked everyday life. From narrating the
area's history of persistent racism and the racial politics in the
integrated schools to describing the Black church's role in
buttressing the town's small Black community, Kilson vividly
renders his experience of northern small-town life during the 1930s
and 1940s. At Lincoln University, Kilson's liberal political views
coalesced as he became active in the local NAACP chapter. While at
Lincoln and during his graduate work at Harvard, Kilson observed
how class, political, and racial dynamics influenced his peers'
political engagement, diverse career paths, and relationships with
white people. As a young professor, Kilson made a point of
assisting Harvard's African American students in adapting to life
at a white institution. Throughout his career, Kilson engaged in
pioneering scholarship while mentoring countless students. A Black
Intellectual's Odyssey features contributions from three of his
students: a foreword by Cornel West and an afterword by Stefano
Harney and Fred Moten.
In this provocative and captivating dialogue, bell hooks and Cornel
West come together to discuss the dilemmas, contradictions, and
joys of Black intellectual life. The two friends and comrades in
struggle talk, argue, and disagree about everything from community
to capitalism in a series of intimate conversations that range from
playful to probing to revelatory. In evoking the act of breaking
bread, the book calls upon the various traditions of sharing that
take place in domestic, secular, and sacred life where people come
together to give themselves, to nurture life, to renew their
spirits, sustain their hopes, and to make a lived politics of
revolutionary struggle an ongoing practice. This 25th anniversary
edition continues the dialogue with "In Solidarity," their 2016
conversation at the bell hooks Institute on racism, politics,
popular culture and the contemporary Black experience.
Sixteen of America's leading scholars offer an uncompromising
critique of the academy from their perspective as African American
men.They challenge dominant majority assumptions about the culture
of higher education, most particularly its claims of openness to
diversity and divergent traditions.What is remarkable about the
chapters that make up this book--despite the authors' different
paths to success, their disparate fields of study, and their
distinct voices is their almost unanimous message that higher
education is inimical to African Americans.They take issue with the
processes that determine what is legitimized as scholarship, as
well as with who wields the power to authenticate it. They describe
the debilitating pressures to subordinate Black identity to a
supposedly universal but hegemonic Eurocentric culture. They
question the academy's valuing of individuality and its privileging
of dichotomy over their cultural styles of community, humanism and
synthesis. They also range over such issues as culturally mediated
styles of cognition, the misuse of standardized testing, the
disproportionate burden of service placed on African American
faculty and a reward system that discounts it.Given stature of
these authors, and their outspoken message, this book demands
attention from leaders and faculty in predominantly White
institutions, as well as from Black scholars and graduates aspiring
to a career in higher education.
ONE HUNDRED ORIGINAL PROFILES OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AFRICAN AMERICANS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Without Louis Armstrong or Miles Davis, we would not have jazz. Without Toni Morrison or Ralph Ellison, we would miss some of our greatest novels. Without Dr. King or Thurgood Marshall, we would be deprived of political breakthroughs that affirm and strengthen our democracy. Here, two of the leading African-American scholars of our day, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Cornel West, show us why the twentieth century was the African-American century, as they offer their personal picks of the African-American figures who did the most to shape our world.
This colorful collection of personalities includes much-loved figures such as scientist George Washington Carver, contemporary favorites such as comedian Richard Pryor and novelist Alice Walker, and even less-well-known people such as aviator Bessie Coleman. Gates and West also recognize the achievements of controversial figures such as Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and rap artist Tupac Shakur. Lively, accessible, and illustrated throughout, The African-American Century is a celebration of black achievement and a tribute to the black struggle for freedom in America that will inspire readers for years to come.
'The sheer range of West's interests and insights is staggering and
exemplary: he appears equally comfortable talking about literature,
ethics, art, jurisprudence, religion, and popular-cultural forms.'
- Artforum Keeping Faith is a rich, moving and deeply personal
collection of essays from one of the leading African American
intellectuals of our age. Drawing upon the traditions of Western
philosophy and modernity, Cornel West critiques structures of power
and oppression as they operate within American society and provides
a way of thinking about human dignity and difference afresh.
Impressive in its scope, West confidently and deftly explores the
politics and philosophy of America, the role of the black
intellectual, legal theory and the future of liberal thought, and
the fate of African Americans. A celebration of the extraordinary
lives of ordinary Americans, Keeping Faith is a petition to hope
and a call to faith in the redemptive power of the human spirit.
In Keeping Faith, Cornel West - author of the bestselling Race
Matters - puts forward his ideas about race and about philosophy.
West's powerful voice ranges widely across issues of race and
culture, the role of the black intellectual, politics and
philosophy in America, art and architecture, questions of legal
theory, and the future of liberal thought. In a time of decay and
discouragement in the black community and among progressive forces
at large, Keeping Faith offers new strategies to galvanize and
propel a new generation of African Americans. Yet, West argues,
racial subordination must be understood within the larger crises of
our society. Maintaining the uniqueness of black identity and
resistance, he provocatively suggests alliances with other
intellectual and community-based forms of American radicalism.
Keeping Faith offers West's distinctive mix of political passions
and careful scrutiny. Whether exploring 'the new cultural politics
of difference', American pragmatism, or race and social theory, he
sustains a difficult balance between a subtly argued critique of
the past and present, and a broadly conceived, daring vision of the
future. Both troubling and exhilarating, Keeping Faith maps not
only the concerns of one of the most significant public
intellectuals of our time, but issues crucial to Americans of all
races.
No matter who wins the next election, Caesar will remain Caesar,
doing some good and some bad. But Christians report to a different
king. This issue starts with a provocation. In his opening letter,
editor Peter Mommsen suggests Christians are too excited about the
wrong politics: "Questions of public justice should matter deeply
to Christians. We dare not be indifferent about securing healthcare
for all and ending interventionist wars; we must seek to reduce
abortions and strengthen families. When an election comes, we
should pray and then, perhaps, lend our support to a candidate we
judge may, on balance, advance social righteousness. But if the
early Christians and the Anabaptists are right, this isn't the
politics that matters most. And so, as a matter of faithfulness, we
should question how much it deserves of our passion and time. Our
allegiance belongs elsewhere." In contrast to an election campaign,
this politics may feel grittier and less glamorous. This issue of
Plough Quarterly explores what this alternate vision of faithful
Christian witness in the political sphere might look like. You'll
find articles on: What two leading political theorists of left and
right agree on What persecution taught Anabaptists about politics
The Bruderhof's interactions with the state Tolstoy's case against
making war more humane How some Christians read Romans 13 under
fascism
Profound meditations on life, death, freedom, family, and faith,
written by radical Black journalist, Mumia Abu-Jamal, while he was
awaiting his execution. "Uncompromising, disturbing . . .
Abu-Jamal's voice has the clarity and candor of a man whose
impending death emboldens him to say what is on his mind without
fear of consequence."—The Boston Globe "A brilliant, lucid
meditation on the moral obligation of political commitment by a
deeply ethical—and deeply wronged—human being. Mumia should be
freed, now."—Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher, Jr.
University Professor & Director of the Hutchins Center for
African & African American Research at Harvard University "A
brilliant, powerful book by a prophetic writer . . . his language
glows with an affirming flame."—Jonathan Kozol, author of Death
at an Early Age and Rachel and Her Children Journalist and activist
Mumia Abu-Jamal has been imprisoned since 1982 for the killing of a
police officer, a crime he steadfastly maintained he did not
commit. In 1996, after serving more than a decade on death row, and
with the likelihood of execution looming, he began receiving
regular visits from members of the Bruderhof spiritual community, a
group of refugees from Hitler's Germany. Inspired by these
encounters, Mumia began to write a series of personal essays
reflecting on his search for spiritual meaning within a society
plagued by materialism, hypocrisy, and violence. "Many people say
it is insane to resist the system," writes Mumia, "but actually it
is insane not to." This expanded edition of Death Blossoms brings a
classic, influential work back into print with a new introduction
by Mumia, and includes the entire text of a groundbreaking report
by Amnesty International detailing the legal improprieties and
chronic injustices that marred his trial. Praise for Death
Blossoms, Expanded Edition: "For years in my classrooms I have
watched Death Blossoms do its luminous work. It has awakened the
conscience of so many of my student readers. Once awakened, they
begin to shoulder the disciplines of its revolutionary knowing,
moral passion, historical precision and clarity of reason. No
wonder repressive powers seek death for this prisoner of
conscience. Alas for them, Mumia still lives. From streets to
classrooms and back, Death Blossoms keeps opening up consciences,
hearts, and minds for our revolutionary work."—Mark Lewis Taylor,
Professor of Theology and Culture at Princeton Theological
Seminary, and author of The Theological and the Political: On the
Weight of the World "Targeted by the FBI's COINTELPRO for his
revolutionary politics, imprisoned, and sentenced to death, Mumia
found freedom in resistance. His reflections here—on race,
spirituality, on struggle, and life—illuminate this path to
freedom for us all."—Joshua Bloom, co-author with Waldo E. Martin
Jr. of Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black
Panther Party "In this revised edition of his groundbreaking work,
Death Blossoms, convicted death row prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal
tackles hard and existential questions, searching for God and a
greater meaning in a caged life that may be cut short if the state
has its way and takes his life. As readers follow Mumia's journey
through his poems, short essays, and longer musings, they will
learn not only about this singular individual who has retained his
humanity despite the ever present threat of execution, but also
about themselves and our society: what we are willing to tolerate
and who we are willing to cast aside. If there is any justice,
Mumia will prevail in his battle for his life and for his
freedom."—Lara Bazelon, author of Rectify: The Power of
Restorative Justice After Wrongful Conviction "Mumia Abu-Jamal has
challenged us to see the prison at the center of a long history of
US oppression, and he has inspired us to keep faith with ordinary
struggles against injustice under the most terrible odds and
circumstances. Written more than two decades ago, Death Blossoms
helps us to see beyond prison walls; it is as timely and as
necessary as the day it was published."—Nikhil Pal Singh,
founding faculty director of the NYU Prison Education Program,
author of Race and America's Long War "For over three decades, the
words of Mumia Abu-Jamal have been tools many young activists have
used to connect the dots of empire, racism, and resistance. The
welcome reissue of Death Blossoms is a chance to reconnect with
Abu-Jamal's prophetic voice, one that needs to be heard now more
than ever."—Hilary Moore and James Tracy, co-authors of No
Fascist USA!, The John Brown Anti-Klan Committee and Lessons for
Today's Movements
'The sheer range of West's interests and insights is staggering
and exemplary: he appears equally comfortable talking about
literature, ethics, art, jurisprudence, religion, and
popular-cultural forms.' - Artforum
Keeping Faith is a rich, moving and deeply personal collection
of essays from one of the leading African American intellectuals of
our age. Drawing upon the traditions of Western philosophy and
modernity, Cornel West critiques structures of power and oppression
as they operate within American society and provides a way of
thinking about human dignity and difference afresh. Impressive in
its scope, West confidently and deftly explores the politics and
philosophy of America, the role of the black intellectual, legal
theory and the future of liberal thought, and the fate of African
Americans. A celebration of the extraordinary lives of ordinary
Americans, Keeping Faith is a petition to hope and a call to faith
in the redemptive power of the human spirit.
Record unemployment and rampant corporate avarice, empty houses but
homeless families, dwindling opportunities in an increasingly
paralyzed nation--these are the realities of 21st-century America,
land of the free and home of the new middle class poor.
Award-winning broadcaster Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West, one of
the nation's leading democratic intellectuals, co-hosts of Public
Radio's "Smiley & West," now take on the "P" word--poverty."The
Rich and the Rest of Us" is the next step in the journey that began
with "The Poverty Tour: A Call to Conscience." Smiley and West's
18-city bus tour gave voice to the plight of impoverished Americans
of all races, colors, and creeds. With 150 million Americans
persistently poor or near poor, the highest numbers in over five
decades, Smiley and West argue that now is the time to confront the
underlying conditions of systemic poverty in America before it's
too late.By placing the eradication of poverty in the context of
the nation's greatest moments of social transformation-- such as
the abolition of slavery, woman's suffrage, and the labor and civil
rights movements--ending poverty is sure to emerge as America's
21st -century civil rights struggle.As the middle class disappears
and the safety net is shredded, Smiley and West, building on the
legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., ask us to confront our fear and
complacency with 12 poverty changing ideas. They challenge us to
re-examine our assumptions about poverty in America--what it really
is and how to eliminate it now.
In this provocative and captivating dialogue, bell hooks and Cornel
West come together to discuss the dilemmas, contradictions, and
joys of Black intellectual life. The two friends and comrades in
struggle talk, argue, and disagree about everything from community
to capitalism in a series of intimate conversations that range from
playful to probing to revelatory. In evoking the act of breaking
bread, the book calls upon the various traditions of sharing that
take place in domestic, secular, and sacred life where people come
together to give themselves, to nurture life, to renew their
spirits, sustain their hopes, and to make a lived politics of
revolutionary struggle an ongoing practice. This 25th anniversary
edition continues the dialogue with "In Solidarity," their 2016
conversation at the bell hooks Institute on racism, politics,
popular culture and the contemporary Black experience.
A vivid, groundbreaking history of the legacies of slavery in an
elite Northern town as told by its Black residents I Hear My People
Singing shines a light on a small but historic Black neighborhood
at the heart of one of the most elite and world-renowned Ivy-League
towns-Princeton, New Jersey. The vivid first-person accounts of
more than fifty Black residents detail aspects of their lives
throughout the twentieth century. Their stories show that the roots
of Princeton's African American community are as deeply intertwined
with the town and university as they are with the history of the
United States, the legacies of slavery, and the nation's current
conversations on race. Drawn from an oral history collaboration
with residents of the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood, Princeton
undergraduates, and their professor, Kathryn Watterson, neighbors
speak candidly about Jim Crow segregation, the consequences of
school integration, World Wars I and II, and the struggles for
equal opportunities and civil rights. Despite three centuries of
legal and economic obstacles, African American residents have
created a flourishing, ethical, and humane neighborhood in which to
raise their children, care for the sick and elderly, worship, stand
their ground, and celebrate life. Abundantly filled with
photographs, I Hear My People Singing personalizes the injustices
faced by generations of Black Princetonians-including the famed
Paul Robeson-and highlights the community's remarkable
achievements. The introductions to each chapter provide historical
context, as does the book's foreword by noted scholar, theologian,
and activist Cornel West. An intimate testament of the Black
community's resilience and ingenuity, I Hear My People Singing adds
a never-before-compiled account of poignant Black experience to an
American narrative that needs to be heard now more than ever.
A vivid history of life in Princeton, New Jersey, told through the
voices of its African American residents I Hear My People Singing
shines a light on a small but historic black neighborhood at the
heart of one of the most elite and world-renowned Ivy-League
towns--Princeton, New Jersey. The vivid first-person accounts of
more than fifty black residents detail aspects of their lives
throughout the twentieth century. Their stories show that the roots
of Princeton's African American community are as deeply intertwined
with the town and university as they are with the history of the
United States, the legacies of slavery, and the nation's current
conversations on race. Drawn from an oral history collaboration
with residents of the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood, Princeton
undergraduates, and their professor, Kathryn Watterson, neighbors
speak candidly about Jim Crow segregation, the consequences of
school integration, World Wars I and II, and the struggles for
equal opportunities and civil rights. Despite three centuries of
legal and economic obstacles, African American residents have
created a flourishing, ethical, and humane neighborhood in which to
raise their children, care for the sick and elderly, worship, stand
their ground, and celebrate life. Abundantly filled with
photographs, I Hear My People Singing personalizes the injustices
faced by generations of black Princetonians--including the famed
Paul Robeson--and highlights the community's remarkable
achievements. The introductions to each chapter provide historical
context, as does the book's foreword by noted scholar, theologian,
and activist Cornel West. An intimate testament of the black
community's resilience and ingenuity, I Hear My People Singing adds
a never-before-compiled account of poignant black experience to an
American narrative that needs to be heard now more than ever.
"The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere" represents a rare
opportunity to experience a diverse group of preeminent
philosophers confronting one pervasive contemporary concern: what
role does--or should--religion play in our public lives? Reflecting
on her recent work concerning state violence in Israel-Palestine,
Judith Butler explores the potential of religious perspectives for
renewing cultural and political criticism, while J?rgen Habermas,
best known for his seminal conception of the public sphere, thinks
through the ambiguous legacy of the concept of "the political" in
contemporary theory. Charles Taylor argues for a radical
redefinition of secularism, and Cornel West defends civil
disobedience and emancipatory theology. Eduardo Mendieta and
Jonathan VanAntwerpen detail the immense contribution of these
philosophers to contemporary social and political theory, and an
afterword by Craig Calhoun places these attempts to reconceive the
significance of both religion and the secular in the context of
contemporary national and international politics.
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