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Philosophy of African American studies : nothing left of blackness /

"What should be the philosophical basis for African American Studies? In this groundbreaking book, Stephen C. Ferguson addresses a seminal question often ignored. Philosophy and African American Studies explores philosophical issues and problems in their relationship to Black Studies. He shows...

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Main Author: Ferguson, Stephen C., 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Subjects:
African Americans > Study and teaching > Philosophy.
African Americans > Study and teaching > History.
Afrocentrism.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781137549976
1137549971
9781137549983
113754998X
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Class Struggle in the Ivory Towers: Revisiting the Birth of Black Studies in '68
  • 2. The Afrocentric Problematic: The Quest for Particularity and the Negation of Objectivity
  • 3. New Wine in an Old Bottle? The Critique of Eurocentrism in Marimba Ani's Yurugu
  • 4. The Heritage we Renounce: The Utopian Worldview of Afrocentricity
  • 5. What's Epistemology Got to do with it?: The "Death of Epistemology" in African American Studies
  • Bibliography.

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