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Book SynopsisThis book examines the significance of Malcolm X as a social theorist. Though Malcolm X has been studied and written about extensively, this is the first book to offer an in depth analysis of his contributions to critical social theory.
Table of ContentsPrologue Introduction Chapter 1: Novel Strategies of Interpretation Novel Reading Strategies Uniform Strategies of Reading House Negro and Field Negro Academic Form of Analysis Chapter 2: Undisciplinary Fields of Knowledge Descartes versus Rumi Tutelage and the Riddle of Subjectivity Symbolism Unthought Field Strategies of Resistance Chapter 3: Violence, Religion, and Extremism Militant Secularism and Fanatic Religionism Racial Revolution Historiography of Revolt/Revolution in Sociology Revolution and Radical Means of Political Transformation Chapter 4: The Epic of America The Mystery of Unsaid Racism and American Foreign Policy Islam, Religion, and the Question of Hermeneutics Good Society The Prophetic and the Analytic Academia and the Prophetic Perspective Personal Scholarly Narrative Epilogue References
