Across Black Spaces

Essays and Interviews from an American Philosopher

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

AvGeorge Yancy,USA) Yancy, George (Emory University

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Across Black Spaces gathers and builds on a diverse array of essays and interviews by American philosopher and leading public intellectual George Yancy. Within this multidisciplinary framework are works from The New York Times, The Guardian, and other major media outletswhich have drawn international acclaim for their spotlight on vicious racial tensions in American academia and society at large.With this collection of revised and updated works, Yancy engages a vast scope of social, political, historical, linguistic, and philosophical themes that together illustrate what it means to be Black in America. Four sections of the book engage, first, moral outrage at contemporary ethical crises; second, the search for identity and value of vulnerability; third, the history and present values of Black and Africana philosophy; and fourth, the essential role of African American language in understanding Black lived experience.Representing twenty years of persistent inquiry and advocacy, Across Black Spaces celebrates Yancy’s undeniable importance in American intellectual progress and essential social change.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2020-01-31
Mått154 x 222 x 25 mm
Vikt522 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor346
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781538131626

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Part 1 Writing While Black: Bearing the Weight of Public WitnessingChapter 1: The Ugly Truth of Being a Black Professor in America Chapter 2: Discussing the Backlash to “Dear White America” With Scott Jaschik at Inside Higher EdChapter 3: Is White America Ready to Confront its Racism and be in Crisis? With Alex Blasdel at The GuardianChapter 4: Walking While Black in the White Gaze Chapter 5: It Feels Like Being on Death Row Chapter 6: Blackface: What Does it Says about White America?Chapter 7: Look in the Disagreeable Mirror: Rethinking Black History for White People Chapter 8: King’s Dream or Trump’s Nightmare? Chapter 9: Is Your God Dead?: A Question from the UndergroundChapter 10: Being a Dangerous Professor and Refusing to be Adjusted Part 2 Untying Odysseus: Traversing Black Philosophical FragmentsChapter 11: Philosophy as a Practice of Suffering With H. A. NetheryChapter 12: Musings: On Autobiography and Africana PhilosophyWith Azuka NzegwuChapter 13: Thinking About Race, History, and Identity With Maria del Guadalupe DavidsonPart 3 Doing Philosophy in Black: Foundational Traces and the Weight of the Present Chapter 14: African-American Philosophy: Through the Lens of Socio-Existential StruggleChapter 15: Thomas Nelson Baker, Sr.: On the Power of Black Aesthetic IdealsChapter 16: Gilbert Haven Jones: Early Black Philosopher and EducatorChapter 17: Joyce Mitchell Cook: Autobiographical and Philosophical FragmentsChapter 18: The Pain and Promise of Being Black Women in PhilosophyWith Anita L. Allen at “The Stone,” New York TimesChapter 19: Hateful Speech: The Perils of Being a Black PhilosopherWith Brad Evans at “The Stone,” New York TimesPart 4 Meaning-Making and the Generative Space of Black Performative DiscourseChapter 20: The Scholar Who Coined the Term Ebonics: A Conversation with Robert L. WilliamsChapter 21: Geneva Smitherman: The Social Ontology of African-American Language, the Power of Nommo, and the Dynamics of Resistance and Identity Through LanguageChapter 22: Socially Grounded Ontology and Epistemological Agency: James G. Spady’s Search for the Marvelous/Imaginative Within the Expansive and Expressive Domain of Rap Music and Hip Hop Self-Consciousness

In this collection of interviews and essays, which is divided into four parts, Yancy (Emory Univ.) engages in a timely conversation on racism with several well-known scholars and academic journalists. His interviews and essays in parts 1 and 2 contextualize his reflections, as well as those of his interlocutors, on hate mail (including a racist death threat Yancy received) with the dual aim of exposing racism and shedding light on the white backlash engendered by his teaching. Parts 3 and 4 are, respectively, devoted to biographical sketches of three historically important Black philosophers (Thomas Nelson Baker, Gilbert Haven Jones, and Joyce Mitchell Cook) and to conversations with Anita L. Allen on Black women philosophers, Brad Evans on hate speech, Robert L. Williams on Ebonics, and Geneva Smitherman on Black language and resistance. . . Summing Up: Recommended. All levels.