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I Am Because We Are: Readings in Black Philosophy » (1st Edition)

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Authors: Fred L. Hord (Editor), Jonathan Scott (Ed.) Lee, Jonathan Scott Lee
ISBN-13: 9780870239656, ISBN-10: 0870239651
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Date Published: August 1995
Edition: 1st Edition

Author Biography: Fred L. Hord

Book Synopsis

This anthology of writing by prominent black thinker from antiquity to the present makes the case for a central tradition of black philosophy, rooted in Africa and distinct from the intellectual heritage of the West.

	"I am because we are": An Introduction to Black Philosophy	1
	The Declarations of Innocence	21
	The Teachings of Ptahhotep	24
	An Interview with H. Odera Oruka	32
	Negritude: A Humanism of the Twentieth Century	45
	Consciencism	55
	Ujamaa - The Basis of African Socialism	65
	Identity and Dignity in the Context of the National Liberation Struggle	73
	From Myth, Literature, and the African World	84
	Feminism and Revolution	94
	We Are Committed to Building a Single Nation in Our Country	108
	The Call of Providence to the Descendants of Africa in America	121
	Africa for the Africans	136
	The Future as I See It	140
	from So Uncle Said	145
	The West Indian Middle Classes	152
	from Discourse on Colonialism	162
	Racism and Culture	172
	Black Power, a Basic Understanding	182
	The Shadow of the Whip: A Comment on Male-Female Relations in the Caribbean	189
	Oration, Delivered in Corinthian Hall, Rochester, July 5, 1852	203
	The Relations and Duties of Free Colored Men in America to Africa	219
	Womanhood: A Vital Element in the Regeneration and Progress of a Race	231
	The Atlanta Exposition Address	243
	Does Race Antipathy Serve Any Good Purpose?	247
	On Being Ashamed of Oneself: An Essay on Race Pride	250
	The Concept of Race	255
	The New Negro	261
	Speech on "Black Revolution" (New York, April 8, 1964)	272
	Black Power	285
	Radical Perspectives on the Empowerment of Afro-American Women: Lessons for the 1980s	296
	Philosophy, Ethnicity, and Race	304
	Feminism: A Transformational Politic	329
	The Afrocentric Idea in Education	338
	Learning to Talk of Race	350
	The Black Underclass and Black Philosophers	356
	Postmodernism and Utopia, an Unholy Alliance	367
	Selected Bibliography	383

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