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Critique of Black reason /

Mbembe, Achille, 1957-

Critique of Black reason / Achille Mbembe ; translated by Laurent Dubois. - xv, 215 pages ; 24 cm

"A John Hope Franklin Center Book." Originally published as "Critique de la raison nègre": Paris : La Découverte, [2013]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translator's Introduction ix;
Acknowledgments xvii;
Introduction. The Becoming Black of the World 1;
1. The Subject of Race 10;
2. The Well of Fantasies 38;
3. Difference and Self-Determination 78;
4. The Little Secret 103;
5. Requiem for the Slave 129;
6. The Clinic of the Subject 131;
Epilogue. There Is Only One World 179;
Notes 185;
Index 209.

9780822363439 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2016043545


Black people--Race identity.
Whites--Race identity.
Race--Philosophy.
Race--Social aspects.
Race awareness--Moral and ethical aspects.
Slavery--Moral and ethical aspects.
Racism.
Difference (Philosophy)

HT1581 / .M3313 2017

305.8001