Caliban's Reason

Introducing Afro-Caribbean Philosophy
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-92645-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 621 g

Reihe: Africana Thought

Paget introduces the general reader to Afro-Caribbean philosophy in this ground-breaking work. Since Afro-Caribbean thought is inherently hybrid in nature, he traces the roots of this discourse in traditional African thought and in the Christian and Enlightenment traditions of Western Europe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Henry, Paget

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Preface Introduction Part I: Sampling the Founding Texts 1. The African Philosophical Heritage 2. C. L. R. James, African, and Afro-Caribbean Philosophy 3. Frantz Fanon, African and Afro-Caribbean Philosophy 4. Wilson Harris and Caribbean Poeticism Part II: Unity, Rationality and African Thought 5. Sylvia Wynter: Poststructuralism and Postcolonial Thought 6. Afro-American Philosophy: A Caribbean Perspective 7. Habermas, Phenomenology, and Rationality: An Africana Contribution Part III: Reconstructing Caribbean Historiciam 8. Pan-Africanism and Philosophy: Race, Class, and Development 9. Caribbean Marxism: After the Neoliberal and Linguistic Turns 10. Caribbean Historicism: Toward Reconstruction Conclusion Notes Index

Über Autor(innen)

Paget Henry is Professor of Africana Studies and Sociology at Brown University. He is author of Peripheral Capitalism and Underdevelopment in Antigua (1985) and co- editor of Newer Caribbean: Decolonization, Democracy and Development (1983) and C.L.R. James' Caribbean (1992).