Lewis R. Gordon is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Global Affairs and head of the Philosophy Department at the University of Connecticut. He lectures and is involved in political and artistic projects across the globe and holds appointments at universities and institutes in Senegal, South Africa, Jamaica, India, and France. He is also honorary president of the Global Center for Advanced Studies, distinguished scholar at The Most Honourable PJ Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy at The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

• Prefaceby Lewis GordonIntroduction by Mabogo P. MoreIntroduction: Why Bad Faith?Part 1: Bad FaithA "Determined" Attitude That Involves Lying to OurselvesThe Irony of BeliefAnguishThe Elusiveness of Transcendence and the Comfort of FacticityWhat Am I to Me?Taking Ourselves Too SeriouslyThe Body in Bad Faith"Strong" and "Weak" Bad FaithSome Critical RemarksHow Is Bad Faith Possible?The Question of AuthenticityPart 2: Logic of Racism, Racist LogicA Recent TheoryRacialism, Racism, Racialists, and RacistsAffective Dimensions of Racism and RacePart 3: Antiblack RacismRacism and Antiblack RacismWhite and Black Bodies in Bad FaithBlack Antiblackness in an Antiblack WorldExoticism: Antiblackness Under the Guise of LoveEffeminacy: The Quality of Black BeingsAntiblack Racism and OntologyPart 4: "God" in an Antiblack WorldAn Antiblack Cosmogony"Is God a White Racist?"The White God and the Black SuffererUltimate Desire and Authenticity in an Antiblack WorldTo Be Black, Faithful, and SufferingPart 5: Critical Encounters"I-Thou"Ethical ConcernsDeconstructionMarxismConclusion: The Living DeadNotesBibliographyIndex

Lewis R. Gordon is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Global Affairs and head of the Philosophy Department at the University of Connecticut. He lectures and is involved in political and artistic projects across the globe and holds appointments at universities and institutes in Senegal, South Africa, Jamaica, India, and France. He is also honorary president of the Global Center for Advanced Studies, distinguished scholar at The Most Honourable PJ Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy at The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

• Prefaceby Lewis GordonIntroduction by Mabogo P. MoreIntroduction: Why Bad Faith?Part 1: Bad FaithA "Determined" Attitude That Involves Lying to OurselvesThe Irony of BeliefAnguishThe Elusiveness of Transcendence and the Comfort of FacticityWhat Am I to Me?Taking Ourselves Too SeriouslyThe Body in Bad Faith"Strong" and "Weak" Bad FaithSome Critical RemarksHow Is Bad Faith Possible?The Question of AuthenticityPart 2: Logic of Racism, Racist LogicA Recent TheoryRacialism, Racism, Racialists, and RacistsAffective Dimensions of Racism and RacePart 3: Antiblack RacismRacism and Antiblack RacismWhite and Black Bodies in Bad FaithBlack Antiblackness in an Antiblack WorldExoticism: Antiblackness Under the Guise of LoveEffeminacy: The Quality of Black BeingsAntiblack Racism and OntologyPart 4: "God" in an Antiblack WorldAn Antiblack Cosmogony"Is God a White Racist?"The White God and the Black SuffererUltimate Desire and Authenticity in an Antiblack WorldTo Be Black, Faithful, and SufferingPart 5: Critical Encounters"I-Thou"Ethical ConcernsDeconstructionMarxismConclusion: The Living DeadNotesBibliographyIndex