Phenomenal Blackness: Black Power, Philosophy, and Theory by Thompson, Mark Christian
Phenomenal Blackness: Black Power, Philosophy, and Theory by Thompson, Mark Christian

Phenomenal Blackness: Black Power, Philosophy, and Theory

This unorthodox account of 1960s Black thought rigorously details the field's debts to German critical theory and...
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Author: Mark Christian Thompson
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Phenomenal Blackness: Black Power, Philosophy, and Theory by Thompson, Mark Christian

Phenomenal Blackness: Black Power, Philosophy, and Theory

$358.63
Phenomenal Blackness: Black Power, Philosophy, and Theory by Thompson, Mark Christian

Phenomenal Blackness: Black Power, Philosophy, and Theory

$358.63
Author: Mark Christian Thompson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
This unorthodox account of 1960s Black thought rigorously details the field's debts to German critical theory and explores a forgotten tradition of Black singularity.

Phenomenal Blackness examines the changing interdisciplinary investments of key mid-century Black writers and thinkers, including the growing interest in German philosophy and critical theory. Mark Christian Thompson analyzes this shift in intellectual focus across the post-war decades, placing Black Power thought in a philosophical context.

Prior to the 1960s, sociologically oriented thinkers such as W. E. B. Du Bois had understood Blackness as a singular set of socio-historical characteristics. In contrast, writers such as Amiri Baraka, James Baldwin, Angela Y. Davis, Eldridge Cleaver, and Malcolm X were drawn to notions of an African essence, an ontology of Black being. With these perspectives, literary language came to be seen as the primary social expression of Blackness. For this new way of thinking, the works of philosophers such as Adorno, Habermas, and Marcuse were a vital resource, allowing for continued cultural-materialist analysis while accommodating the hermeneutical aspects of Black religious thought. Thompson argues that these efforts to reimagine Black singularity led to a phenomenological understanding of Blackness--a "Black aesthetic dimension" wherein aspirational models for Black liberation might emerge.

Author: Mark Christian Thompson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 01/27/2022
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780226816418

About the Author
Mark Christian Thompson is professor of English at Johns Hopkins University, where he also serves as chair of the English department. He is the author of three books, most recently Anti-Music: Jazz and Racial Blackness in German Thought between the Wars.
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