Paget Henry

Caliban's Reason

Introducing Afro-Caribbean Philosophy

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Produktbeschreibung

An introductory guide to Afro-Caribbean philosophy, tracing the roots of Afro-Caribbean thought to traditional African philosophy and to the Christian and Enlightenment traditions of Western Europe.

Produktdetails

• Africana Thought
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9780415926461
• ISBN-10: 0415926467
• Artikelnr.: 21389243

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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