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Book SynopsisCreolizing Critical Theory highlights the Caribbean as a philosophical site from which, for centuries and until today, theorists have articulated pressing critiques of capitalism and colonialism. Some of these critiques, such as those of the Saramaka Maroons, have stressed the value of autonomy. Others, such as those of the West Indies Federation, have emphasized solidarity in the face of European occupation. Critical Theory, as an emancipatory project rooted in the values of autonomy, solidarity, and equality, then, has long been a Caribbean practice. Drawing on a range of voices, Creolizing Critical Theory centers Caribbean critiques with a view toward praxis in the present.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Critical Theory at the Crossroads, Benjamin P. Davis and Kris F. Sealey
Chapter 1: Sylvia Wynter’s’ Caribbean Critical Theory, Romy Opperman
Chapter 2: Creolization’s Newness, Jeta Mulaj
Chapter 3: The Promise of Manumission, Miguel Gualdrón Ramírez
Chapter 4: Against Ethnocratic Emancipations, Derefe Chevannes
Chapter 5: Creolization from Below, Ashley Boher
Chapter 6: Conserving Ethical Blackness, Gabriella Beckles-Raymond
Chapter 7: The Tricontinental Recollected, Eli Portella
Chapter 8: Strategic Anti-Essentialism, Rafael Vizcaíno
Afterword: Critical Theory Caribbeanized, Deborah A. Thomas
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