In this contemporary classic, Lewis Gordon presents his iconic, detailed existential phenomenological investigation of antiblack racism as a form of Sartrean bad faith. Bad faith, the attitude in which human beings attempt to evade freedom and responsibility, is treated as a constant possibility of human existence. Antiblack racism, the attitude and practice that involve the construction of black people as fundamentally inferior and subhuman, is examined as an effort to evade the responsibilities of a human and humane world. Gordon argues that the concept of bad faith militates against any…mehr
In this contemporary classic, Lewis Gordon presents his iconic, detailed existential phenomenological investigation of antiblack racism as a form of Sartrean bad faith. Bad faith, the attitude in which human beings attempt to evade freedom and responsibility, is treated as a constant possibility of human existence. Antiblack racism, the attitude and practice that involve the construction of black people as fundamentally inferior and subhuman, is examined as an effort to evade the responsibilities of a human and humane world. Gordon argues that the concept of bad faith militates against any human science that is built upon a theory of human nature and as such offers an analysis of antiblack racism that stands as a challenge to our ordinary assumptions of what it means to be human. A foundational text in black existentialism, this 25th anniversary edition includes a substantial introduction by Paul Gilroy to address the ongoing importance of Gordon's thought in critiquing and resisting racist bad faith in our contemporary moment.
Lewis R. Gordon is Professor of Philosophy and Africana Studies at the University of Connecticut, Visiting Professor at the University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica, Nelson Mandela Visiting Professor at Rhodes University, South Africa, European Union Visiting Chair in Philosophy at Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, France, and Writer-in-Residence at Birkbeck School of Law. His most recent book is What Fanon Said: A Philosophical Introduction to His Life and Thought (2015).
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Prefaceby Lewis Gordon Introduction by Mabogo P. More Introduction: Why Bad Faith? Part 1: Bad Faith A "Determined" Attitude That Involves Lying to Ourselves The Irony of Belief Anguish The Elusiveness of Transcendence and the Comfort of Facticity What Am I to Me? Taking Ourselves Too Seriously The Body in Bad Faith "Strong" and "Weak" Bad Faith Some Critical Remarks How Is Bad Faith Possible? The Question of Authenticity Part 2: Logic of Racism, Racist Logic A Recent Theory Racialism, Racism, Racialists, and Racists Affective Dimensions of Racism and Race Part 3: Antiblack Racism Racism and Antiblack Racism White and Black Bodies in Bad Faith Black Antiblackness in an Antiblack World Exoticism: Antiblackness Under the Guise of Love Effeminacy: The Quality of Black Beings Antiblack Racism and Ontology Part 4: "God" in an Antiblack World An Antiblack Cosmogony "Is God a White Racist?" The White God and the Black Sufferer Ultimate Desire and Authenticity in an Antiblack World To Be Black, Faithful, and Suffering Part 5: Critical Encounters "I-Thou" Ethical Concerns Deconstruction Marxism Conclusion: The Living Dead Notes Bibliography Index
Prefaceby Lewis Gordon Introduction by Mabogo P. More Introduction: Why Bad Faith? Part 1: Bad Faith A "Determined" Attitude That Involves Lying to Ourselves The Irony of Belief Anguish The Elusiveness of Transcendence and the Comfort of Facticity What Am I to Me? Taking Ourselves Too Seriously The Body in Bad Faith "Strong" and "Weak" Bad Faith Some Critical Remarks How Is Bad Faith Possible? The Question of Authenticity Part 2: Logic of Racism, Racist Logic A Recent Theory Racialism, Racism, Racialists, and Racists Affective Dimensions of Racism and Race Part 3: Antiblack Racism Racism and Antiblack Racism White and Black Bodies in Bad Faith Black Antiblackness in an Antiblack World Exoticism: Antiblackness Under the Guise of Love Effeminacy: The Quality of Black Beings Antiblack Racism and Ontology Part 4: "God" in an Antiblack World An Antiblack Cosmogony "Is God a White Racist?" The White God and the Black Sufferer Ultimate Desire and Authenticity in an Antiblack World To Be Black, Faithful, and Suffering Part 5: Critical Encounters "I-Thou" Ethical Concerns Deconstruction Marxism Conclusion: The Living Dead Notes Bibliography Index
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