Not Only the Master's Tools: African American

Not Only the Master's Tools: African American Studies in Theory and Practice brings together new essays on the ongoing value of black thought. In the service of what the editors call epistemological decolonization of African American studies, the first part examines the grounding of theoretical reason from various perspectives such as Africana philosophy, philosophical anthropology, and black literary theory. The second part offers theoretical explorations of practical reason as it unfolds in the study of slavery, education, queerness, politics, and ethics. Responding to Audre Lorde's famous dictum that "The Master's tools will never dismantle the Master's house", the editors and these internationally renowned scholars ask: "Why not instead devote attention to using those and other tools to build new, more open houses?" Important for anyone interested in the ongoing importance of ideas, the book is well suited for students and scholars of Africana studies, philosophy, literary theory, educational theory, social and political thought, and postcolonial studies.

Introduction	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
The Geopoliticality of African-American Epistemic Struggles
African-American Philosophy, Race, and the Geography of Reason	p. 3
Toward a Critique of Continental Reason: Africana Studies and the Decolonization of Imperial Cartographies in the Americas	p. 51
The Idea of Post-European Science: An Essay on Phenomenology and Africana Studies	p. 85
On How We Mistook the Map for the Territory, and Re-Imprisoned Ourselves in Our Unbearable Wrongness of Being, of Desetre: Black Studies Toward the Human Project	p. 107
Transfigurations of African-American Being and Doing
Pedagogy and the Philosophical Anthropology of African-American Slave Culture	p. 173
Double Consciousness and the Problem of Political Legitimacy	p. 205
On the Possibilities of Posthumanism, or How to Think Queerly in an Antiblack World	p. 227
Philosophy in the African Tradition of Resistance: Issues of Human Freedom and Human Flourishing	p. 243
References	p. 273
Index	p. 305
About the Editors and Contributors	p. 319
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

FREE SHIPPING

Rent More, Save More! Use code: BBRENTAL

5% off 1 book, 7% off 2 books, 10% off 3+ books

Not Only the Master's Tools: African American Studies in Theory and Practice

Summary

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials