Achieving our humanity : the idea of the postracial future / Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eze, Emmanuel Chukwudi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Race relations.

Racism.

Physical Description:

xviii, 250 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2001.

Summary:

Does "race" make us human? Drawing upon the experience of being racialized as "black" for the first time while living in the United States and England, Nigerian-born Emmanuel Eze argues that racial identification is not essential to our humanity. If we can achieve, or seriously commit to, a goal of equality for all, Eze believes that it is possible for humankind to overcome its racial antagonisms and move toward a future in which race has little significance. Achieving Our Humanity explores this postracial future through a philosophical analysis of the social, cultural, economic, and political experiences of race in the past -- and what this might mean for our present and, most importantly, our future.

Contents:

I. Arguing with the Past

1. The Modern Invention of Race 3

2. Hume, Race, and Reason 51

3. Race: A Transcendental? 77

II. This Past Must Address Its Future

4. Negritude: Der Humanismus der Anderen Menschen 115

5. Negritude and Modern Africana Philosophy: Black Is, Black Ain't 147

6. Achieving Our Humanity 177

Postscript: Transcending Race 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-239) and index.

ISBN:

0415929407

0415929415

OCLC:

45620895