Philosophy of African American studies : nothing left of Blackness /
What should be the philosophical basis for African American Studies? In this groundbreaking book, Ferguson addresses a seminal question often ignored. Ferguson explores philosophical issues and problems in their relationship to Black Studies. He shows that philosophy is not a sterile intellectual pu...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | African American philosophy and the African diaspora.
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description Table of contents only |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Class Struggle in the Ivory Towers: Revisiting the Birth of Black Studies in '68
- 2. The Afrocentric Problematic: The Quest for Particularity and the Negation of Objectivity
- 3. New Wine in an Old Bottle? The Critique of Eurocentrism in Marimba Ani's Yurugu
- 4. The Heritage we Renounce: The Utopian Worldview of Afrocentricity
- 5. What's Epistemology Got to do with it?: The "Death of Epistemology" in African American Studies
- Bibliography.