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Title The quest for community and identity : critical essays in Africana social philosophy / edited by Robert E. Birt.

Publication Info. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2002]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.896 Q5Q    Check Shelf
Description vi, 291 pages ; 24 cm.
Series New critical theory
New critical theory.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Racism, historical ruins, and the task of identity formation / Arnold Farr -- To be or not to be Black : problematics of racial identity / Kevin Cokley -- Postmodernism, narrative, and the question of Black identity / Clevis Headley -- Du Bois and Appiah : the politics of race and racial identity / Patrick Goodin -- Of the quest for freedom as community / Robert E. Birt -- Sociality and community in Black : a phenomenological essay / Lewis R. Gordon -- Visions of transcendent community in the works of Toni Morrison / Joy James -- Paulette Nardal, race consciousness, and Antillean letters / Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting -- The revival of Black nationalism and the crisis of liberal universalism / Rod Bush -- Commodification and existence in African American communities / Paget Henry -- Black philosophy as a challenge to liberalism / Eddy Souffrant -- Democracy, transitional justice, and postcolonial African communities / George Carew -- Community : what type of entity and what type of moral commitment? / Leonard Harris -- Theorizing Black community / Richard A. Jones.
Subject Black people -- Race identity.
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Communities -- Philosophy.
Added Author Birt, Robert E., 1952-
ISBN 0742512916 alkaline paper
9780742512917 alkaline paper
0742512924 paperback alkaline paper
9780742512924 paperback alkaline paper
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