The quest for community and identity : critical essays in Africana social philosophy / edited by Robert E. Birt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Birt, Robert E., 1952-

Series:

New critical theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--Race identity.

Black people.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Communities--Philosophy.

Communities.

Physical Description:

vi, 291 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2002]

Contents:

Part 1 Exploring Perplexities of Identity

1 Racism, Historical Ruins, and the Task of Identity Formation / Arnold Farr 15

2 To Be or Not to Be Black: Problematics of Racial Identity / Kevin Cokley 29

3 Postmodernism, Narrative, and the Question of Black Identity / Clevis Headley 45

4 Du Bois and Appiah: The Politics of Race and Racial Identity / Patrick Goodin 73

Part 2 In Quest of Community: Sociality and Situated Freedom

5 Of the Quest for Freedom As Community / Robert E. Birt 87

6 Sociality and Community in Black: A Phenomenological Essay / Lewis R. Gordon 105

Part 3 Historical Crises of Identity and Community

7 Visions of Transcendent Community in the Works of Toni Morrison / Joy James 127

8 Paulette Nardal, Race Consciousness, and Antillean Letters / Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting 143

9 The Revival of Black Nationalism and the Crisis of Liberal Universalism / Rod Bush 159

10 Commodification and Existence in African American Communities / Paget Henry 185

Part 4 Liberalism, Postmodernism, and the Quest for Community

11 Black Philosophy As a Challenge to Liberalism / Eddy Souffrant 211

12 Democracy, Transitional Justice, and Postcolonial African Communities / George Carew 229

13 Community: What Type of Entity and What Type of Moral Commitment? / Leonard Harris 243

14 Theorizing Black Community / Richard A. Jones 257.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0742512916

0742512924

OCLC:

47136727