Glissant and the middle passage : philosophy, beginning, abyss / John E. Drabinski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drabinski, John E., 1968- author.

Series:

Thinking theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Glissant, Édouard, 1928-2011--Criticism and interpretation.

Glissant, Édouard.

Glissant, Édouard, 1928-2011--Philosophy.

Glissant, Édouard, 1928-2011--Political and social views.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota ; London : University of Minnesota Press, [2019]

Summary:

In dialogue with key theorists of catastrophe and trauma--including Aimé Césaire, Frantz Fanon, George Lamming, Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, Derek Walcott, as well as key figures in Holocaust studies--Glissant and the Middle Passage hones a sharp sense of the specifically Caribbean varieties of loss, developing them into a transformative philosophical idea. Using the Plantation as a critical concept, John E. Drabinski creolizes notions of rhizome and nomad, examining what kinds of aesthetics grow from these roots and offering reconsiderations of what constitutes intellectual work and cultural production.Glissant and the Middle Passage establishes Glissant's proper place as a key theorist of ruin, catastrophe, abyss, and memory. Identifying his insistence on memories and histories tied to place as the crucial geography at the heart of his work, this book imparts an innovative new response to the specific historical experiences of the Middle Passage. - from the publisher

Contents:

Introduction: between Europe and the Americas

1. Origins I: memory, root, abyss

2. Origins II: memory, future, abyss

3. Ontology of an abyssal subject

4. Aesthetics of an abyssal subject

5. Thinking and building: what is an intellectual?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-231) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4529-5999-4