UID:
almahu_9949546552102882
Format:
1 online resource (208 p.)
ISBN:
9780226816432
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9783110993899
Series Statement:
Thinking Literature
Content:
This unorthodox account of 1960s Black thought rigorously details the field's debts to German critical theory and explores a forgotten tradition of Black singularity. Phenomenal Blackness examines the changing interdisciplinary investments of key mid-century Black writers and thinkers, including the growing interest in German philosophy and critical theory. Mark Christian Thompson analyzes this shift in intellectual focus across the post-war decades, placing Black Power thought in a philosophical context. Prior to the 1960s, sociologically oriented thinkers such as W. E. B. Du Bois had understood Blackness as a singular set of socio-historical characteristics. In contrast, writers such as Amiri Baraka, James Baldwin, Angela Y. Davis, Eldridge Cleaver, and Malcolm X were drawn to notions of an African essence, an ontology of Black being. With these perspectives, literary language came to be seen as the primary social expression of Blackness. For this new way of thinking, the works of philosophers such as Adorno, Habermas, and Marcuse were a vital resource, allowing for continued cultural-materialist analysis while accommodating the hermeneutical aspects of Black religious thought. Thompson argues that these efforts to reimagine Black singularity led to a phenomenological understanding of Blackness-a "Black aesthetic dimension" wherein aspirational models for Black liberation might emerge.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction. The Essence of the Matter --
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1 The Politics of Black Friendship: Gadamer, Baldwin, and the Black Hermeneutic --
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2 The Aardvark of History: Malcom X, Language, and Power --
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3 Black Aesthetic Autonomy: Ralph Ellison, Amiri Baraka, and "Literary Negro- ness" --
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4 The Revolutionary Will Not Be Hypnotized: Eldridge Cleaver and Black Ideology --
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5 Unrepeatable: Angela Y. Davis and Black Critical Theory --
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Conclusion. Black Aesthetic Theory --
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Acknowledgments --
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Notes --
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References --
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Index
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993899
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994810
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993752
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110993738
In:
University of Chicago Complete eBook-Package 2021, De Gruyter, 9783110739190
In:
University of Chicago Complete eBook-Package 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110766509
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226816418
Language:
English
Subjects:
American Studies
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780226816432
