Afrotopia: The Roots of African American Popular History

ISBN-13: 9780521474085 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 324 str.

Wilson Jeremiah Moses; Albert Gelpi; Ross Posnock

Opis

Afrocentrism and its history have long been disputed and controversial. In this important book, Wilson Moses presents a critical and nuanced view of the issues. Tracing the origins of Afrocentrism since the eighteenth century, he examines the combination of various popular mythologies, some of them mystical and sentimental, others perfectly reasonable. A level presentation in what is often a shouting match, Afrotopia is a rich history of black intellectual life and the concept of race.

Recenzje

"...a first rate book on African American intellectual history that explains a great deal about black historiographic thinking, both academic and popular,today,and is highly recommended." Gerald Early, Journal of World History

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Varieties of black historicism; 3. From superman to man; 4. Progress, providence, and civilization: Crummell, Douglass, and others; 5. W. E. B. Du Bois: modernism and antimodernism; 6. William H. Ferris; 7. Afrocentrism versus relativism; 8. Conclusion.