Creating a Black Vernacular Philosophy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Creating a Black Vernacular Philosophy explores how everyday Black vernacular practices, developed to negotiate survival and joy, can be understood as philosophy in their own right. Devonya N. Havis argues that many unique cultural and intellectual practices of African diasporic communities have done the work of traditional philosophies. Focusing on creative practices that take place within Black American diasporic cultures via narratives, the blues, jazz, work songs, and other expressive forms, this book articulates a form of Black vernacular Philosophy that is centered within and emerges from meaning structures cultivated by Black communities. These distinct philosophical practices, running parallel with and often improvising on European philosophy, should be acknowledged for their rigorous theoretical formation and for their disruption of traditional Western philosophical ontologies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-12-21
Mått:158 x 236 x 15 mm
Vikt:372 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Philosophy of Race
Antal sidor:128
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781498530149

Utforska kategorier

Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Devonya N. Havis is associate professor of philosophy at Canisius College and the University at Buffalo.

Recensioner i media

In this slim volume, Havis presents a complex, ambitious, original introduction to Black vernacular phenomena, i.e., experiences of alterity that accompany moments of indeterminacy or breakdown in conceptual structures and established power relations. Drawing on Foucault and Levinas, Havis argues that such phenomena emerge in playful, indirect acts of performance that critique the self-evidence of institutions and discourses, support the individual’s desire for a distinctive style of existence, and summon listeners to ethico-political concern for others and for alterity in general… [Havis's] quest to keep Black difference liminal rather than to capture it in a structure of theoretical distinctions—thereby perpetuating war between Black vernacular existence and disciplinary images of the Black—will intrigue those interested in Continental philosophy, theology, and African American studies. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionChapter 1: Performative UtteranceChapter 2: How to Slip the Yoke: The Black (W)Hole RitualChapter 3: Searching for the Black Difference: Black Philosophy and Redemption SongsChapter 4: A Critique of Black Philosophy: Rethinking Black Philosophical Re-appropriations of HumanismChapter 5: No More Redemption Songs: The Black Difference and AlterityConclusion