The Afrocentric idea / Molefi Kete Asante.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Asante, Molefi Kete, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Communication.

African Americans.

Black people--Communication.

Black people.

Afrocentrism.

Oratory--Social aspects--United States.

Oratory.

Rhetoric--Social aspects--United States.

Rhetoric.

United States--Civilization--African influences.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition:

Rev. and expanded ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This new edition of The Afrocentric Idea boldly confronts the contemporary challenges that have been launched against Molefi Kete Asante's philosophical, social, and cultural theory. By rendering a critique of some post-modern positions as well as the old structured Eurocentric orientations discussed in the first edition, this new edition contains lively engagements with views expressed by Mary Lefkowitz, Paul Gilroy, and Cornel West. Expanding on his core ideas, Asante has cast The Afrocentric Idea in the tradition of provocative critiques of the established social order.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Dancing Between Circles and Lines; Part 1: The Situation; Rhetorical Condition as a Conceptual Field; The Idea of a Metatheory; African Foundations of ""Nommo""; Part 2: The Resistance; African American Orature and Context; Mythoforms in African American Communication; Rhetoric of Resistance; Choosing Freedom; Africa as Concept; Part 3: The Liberation; The Search for an Afrocentric Method; Transcendence: The Curved Line; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-230) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439905623

1439905622

OCLC:

813226064

Publisher Number:

2027/heb34613 hdl