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Overview
The intellectual history of the last quarter of this century has been marked by the growing influence of Africana thought—an area of philosophy that focuses on issues raised by the struggle over ideas in African cultures and their hybrid forms in Europe, the Americas, and the Caribbean. Existentia Africana is an engaging and highly readable introduction to the field of Africana philosophy and will help to define this rapidly growing field. Lewis R. Gordon clearly explains Africana existential thought to a general audience, covering a wide range of both classic and contemporary thinkers—from Douglass and DuBois to Fanon, Davis and Zack.Synopsis
Comprises nine essays, several expanded from appearances elsewhere, in which Gordon considers an area of thought that focuses on theoretical questions raised by struggles over ideas in African cultures and their hybrid and creolized forms in Europe and the Americas. Among the topics are a problem of biography in Africana thought, mixed race in light of whiteness and shadows of blackness, whether men can worship, recent Africana religious thought, existential borders of anonymity and superfluous invisibility, and words and incantations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR