{"product_id":"the-quest-for-community-and-identity-critical-essays-in-africana-social-philosophy-new-critical-theory-9780742512917","title":"The Quest for Community and Identity Critical","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA collection of essays that engages two fundamental social and political issues: community and identity. Within the Africana world, the contributors delve into the influences of a postmodern world of globalization with outdated, crumbling forms of identity and sociality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Quest for Community and Identity is a testimony to the vibrancy of Africana philosophy and the seriousness of the philosophical issues that Africana philosophy raises. -- Robert Bernasconi, Pennsylvania State University\u003cbr\u003eRecommended for mid- to upper-level courses on African American social and political thought. * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eA significant contribution to social and political philosophy, critical race theory, and African American or Africana Philosophy. . . . The Quest for Community and Identity is an important resource for a number of disciplines and interdisciplinary endeavors. -- Lucius T. Outlaw, Vanderbilt University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1 Part 1:\tExploring Perplexities of Identity Chapter 2 1. Racism, Historical Ruins, and the Task of Identity Formation Chapter 3 2. To Be or Not to Be Black: Problematics of Racial Identity Chapter 4 3. Postmodernism, Narrative, and the Question of Black Identity Chapter 5 4. Du Bois and Appiah: The Politics of Race and Racial Identity Part 6 Part 2:\tIn Quest of Community: Sociality and Situated Freedom Chapter 7 5. Of the Quest for Freedom As Community Chapter 8 6. Sociality and Community in Black: A Phenomenological Essay Part 9 Part 3:\tHistorical Crises of Identity and Community Chapter 10 7. Visions of Transcendent Community in the Works of Toni Morrison Chapter 11 8. Paulette Nardal, Race Consciousness, and Antillean Letters Chapter 12 9. The Revival of Black Nationalism and the Crisis of Liberal Universalism Chapter 13 10. Commodification and Existence in African American Communities Part 14 Part 4:\tLiberalism, Postmodernism, and the Quest for Community Chapter 15 11. Black Philosophy As a Challenge to Liberalism Chapter 16 12. Democracy, Transitional Justice, and Postcolonial African Communities Chapter 17 13. Community: What Type of Entity and What Type of Moral Commitment? Chapter 18 14 Theorizing Black Community","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49526872179031,"sku":"9780742512917","price":119.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780742512917.jpg?v=1731865702","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-quest-for-community-and-identity-critical-essays-in-africana-social-philosophy-new-critical-theory-9780742512917","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}