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Book SynopsisThis new edition of The Afrocentric Idea boldly confronts the contemporary challenges that have been launched against Molefi Kete Asante's philosophical, social, and cultural theory. By rendering a critique of some post-modern positions as well as the old structured Eurocentric orientations discussed in the first edition, this new edition contains lively engagements with views expressed by Mary Lefkowitz, Paul Gilroy, and Cornel West. Expanding on his core ideas, Asante has cast The Afrocentric Idea in the tradition of provocative critiques of the established social order. This is a fresh and dynamic location of culture within the context of social change.
Trade Review"Asante's wide range of references, his delightful examples taken from black traditions, and his sheer pleasure at discussing black culture, all combine to make his argument both cogent and important. This will be a major book." --Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Chair, Afro-American Studies Department, Harvard University and W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Humanities. "Commencing with a spirited criticism of traditional Western academic discourse, Asante's drama concludes with a discussion of a transformative African and African-American discourse that puts its participants in possession of the dynamic spirits of a distinctive African cultural experience." --Chronicle of Higher Education "Mr. Asante is widely regarded as a major proponent of 'Afrocentricity,' or the understanding of the black experience as an extension of African history and culture. ... He is credited with doing as much as anyone to build a theoretical base for an idea that has been around for some time." --Quarterly Journal of Speech "Not the least purpose of The AFrocentric Idea is to show blacks they have an African Heritage and history that have persisted through, and helped blacks to survive, slavery and subsequent discrimination." --The New York Review of Books
Table of ContentsCONTENTS Preface Acknowledgments Dancing between Circles and Lines Part 1 The Situation Rhetorical Condition as a Conceptual Field The Idea of a Metatheory African Foundations of Nommo Part 2 The Resistance African American Orature and Context Mythoforms in African American Communication Rhetoric of Resistance Choosing a Freedom Africa as Concept Part 3 The Liberation The Search for an Afrocentric Method Transcendence: The Curved Line Notes Index
