Sartre on contingency : antiblack racism and embodiment / Mabogo Percy More.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

More, Mabogo Percy, 1946- author.

Contributor:

Rev. C. P. Krauth Fund.

Series:

Living existentialism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Contingency (Philosophy).

Racism.

Anti-racism.

Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980.

Sartre, Jean-Paul.

Physical Description:

xiv, 303 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]

Summary:

"The problem of antiblack racism has a long history in the world, with as long a history of thinkers writing and theorizing against it. Few philosophers have opposed institutionalized racialism as vehemently as Jean-Paul Sartre, both in his intellectual work and in his political action. This book argues that not only does a relationship exists between Sartre's existentialist philosophy and antiracism but also, more profoundly, that it is precisely his existential ontology that informs his anti-racist social and political commitments. He sought to examine the complexity of our existence as conscious bodies and thus provides the ontological basis for understanding the situation of a black person in an antiblack world. This book is about how Sartre's philosophy - especially his early writings - can be applied to address the problem of racism against black people. It argues that among the many concepts in Sartre's work that are useful in understanding the problem of racism against black people, the philosophical notion of contingency is one of the most significant. Contingency in Sartre is the view that whatever exists, need not exist, and that therefore it can be changed; that the fact that one is born white or black without their choice, has no moral weight at all in treating others as though they are responsible for what they are. In this book Mabogo More contends that through Sartre's philosophical notion of contingency, he provides us with the ammunition to understand and deal with racism broadly, and antiblack racism in particular"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Philosophy and Racism

2. Race and Racism

3. Sartre's Phenomenological Ontology

4. The Concept of Contingency

5. The Body, Racism, and Contingency

6. Ontic Situations

7. Sartre's Solutions

8. Racial Solidarity

9. Sartre and Africana Existential Philosophy

10. Conclusion: The Meaning of Jean-Paul Sartre Today.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rev. C. P. Krauth Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: More, Mabogo Percy, 1946- Sartre on contingency

ISBN:

9781538157039

1538157039

9781538157046

1538157047

OCLC:

1244256550

Publisher Number:

99988678067