We Who Are Dark The Philosophical Foundations of Black Solidarity

Name: We Who Are Dark The Philosophical Foundations of Black Solidarity
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ISBN: 9780674025714

ISBN-10: 0674025717

ISBN-13: 9780674025714

Edition: 2005

Authors: Tommie Shelby

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African American history resounds with calls for black unity. From abolitionist times through the Black Power movement, it was widely seen as a means of securing a full share of America's promised freedom and equality. Yet today, many believe that black solidarity is unnecessary, irrational, rooted in the illusion of "racial" difference, at odds with the goal of integration, and incompatible with liberal ideals and American democracy. A response to such critics, We Who Are Dark provides the first extended philosophical defense of black political solidarity. Tommie Shelby argues that we can reject a biological idea of race and agree with many criticisms of identity politics yet still view…

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List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 9/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Tommie Shelby is Professor of African and African American Studies and of Philosophy at Harvard University.



Preface


Introduction: Political Philosophy and the Black Experience



Two Conceptions of Black Nationalism



Class, Poverty, and Shame



Black Power Nationalism



Black Solidarity after Black Power



Race, Culture, and Politics



Social Identity and Group Solidarity


Conclusion: The Political Morality of Black Solidarity


Notes


Index