We who are dark : the philosophical foundations of Black solidarity / Tommie Shelby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shelby, Tommie, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Politics and government.

African Americans.

African Americans--Race identity.

African Americans--Social conditions--1975-.

Black nationalism--United States.

Black nationalism.

Black power--United States.

Black power.

Ethnicity--Political aspects--United States.

Ethnicity.

Racism--Political aspects--United States.

Racism.

United States--Race relations--Political aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

We Who Are Dark provides the first extended philosophical defense of black political solidarity. Tommie Shelby argues that we can reject a biological idea of race and agree with many criticisms of identity politics yet still view black political solidarity as a needed emancipatory tool. In developing his defense of black solidarity, he draws on the history of black political thought, focusing on the canonical figures of Martin R. Delany and W. E. B. Du Bois.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction: Political Philosophy and the Black Experience

1. Two Conceptions of Black Nationalism

2. Class, Poverty, and Shame

3. Black Power Nationalism

4. Black Solidarity after Black Power

5. Race, Culture, and Politics

6. Social Identity and Group Solidarity

Conclusion: The Political Morality of Black Solidarity

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-302) and index.

ISBN:

9780674043527

0674043529

OCLC:

1043628531