This special issue of South Atlantic Quarterly brings together scholars from a range of disciplines including philosophy, anthropology, and literature who are committed to thinking about the condition of contemporary black life. Moving among Africa, the United States, and the Caribbean, this issue demonstrates the vibrancy and historical roots of Africana thought and philosophy.
One essay reveals the intricate richness of Africana thought, moving through psychoanalysis, folktales, Western metaphysics, and a critique of the political. Another essay offers a cautionary tale about...
This special issue of South Atlantic Quarterly brings together scholars from a range of disciplines including philosophy, anthropology, and lit...
This issue focuses on theory's role in contemporary politics, reading, and critiques of literature. Although there will always be questions raised about what theory is, what it can do, and its overall efficacy, it argues that those questions obscure the fact that theory is, and always has been, the precondition for thought.
This issue focuses on theory's role in contemporary politics, reading, and critiques of literature. Although there will always be questions raised abo...
In Motion, At Rest takes up the event as a philosophical problem from a novel perspective. Grant Farred examines three infamous events in sport, arguing that theorizing the event through sport makes possible an entirely original way of thinking about it.
In the first event, Ron Artest committed a flagrant foul in a National Basketball Association game, which provoked fans to hurl both invectives and beer cups. Artest and some teammates then attacked the fans. Drawing from Alain Badiou, Farred suggests that this event extends far beyond Artest and into the...
In Motion, At Rest takes up the event as a philosophical problem from a novel perspective. Grant Farred examines three infamous e...
In Motion, At Rest takes up the event as a philosophical problem from a novel perspective. Grant Farred examines three infamous events in sport, arguing that theorizing the event through sport makes possible an entirely original way of thinking about it.
In the first event, Ron Artest committed a flagrant foul in a National Basketball Association game, which provoked fans to hurl both invectives and beer cups. Artest and some teammates then attacked the fans. Drawing from Alain Badiou, Farred suggests that this event extends far beyond Artest and into the...
In Motion, At Rest takes up the event as a philosophical problem from a novel perspective. Grant Farred examines three infamous e...
