Mabogo Percy More

Looking Through Philosophy in Black

Memoirs

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book explores Africana existentialism in relation to issues of race, identity, liberation, freedom, alienation, responsibility and bad faith and includes key essays from More's corpus alongside his philosophical memoir.

Produktdetails

• Global Critical Caribbean Thought
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 664g
• ISBN-13: 9781786609380
• ISBN-10: 178660938X
• Artikelnr.: 53688903

Autorenporträt

Mabogo Percy More is a former professor of philosophy at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and is currently professor of philosophy at the University of Limpopo, South Africa. He is the author of many journal articles and his latest book is Steve Biko: Philosophy, Identity and Liberation (HSRC Press, 2017). He was awarded the Frantz Fanon Lifetime Achievement award by the Caribbean Philosophical Association in 2015.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgements
Part I: A Philosophical Autobiography
1. Introduction by Way of Freedom
2. Formative Student Years
3. Philosophy Lecturer
4. Overseas Experiences
5. The Returnings
6. Black (Africana) Philosophy
7. Philosophy and jazz
8. Post 'Retirement'
9. The Frantz Fanon Award
Part II: Essays
10. Philosophy in South Africa: Before, Under and After Apartheid
11. Locating Frantz Fanon in (Post) Apartheid South Africa
12. Gordon on Contingency: A Sartrean Interpretation
13. Black Solidarity: A Philosophical Defense
14. Biko: Africana Existentialist Philosopher
Bibliography
Index