We who are dark : the philosophical foundations of Black solidarity / Tommie Shelby.
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 black political solidarity as a needed emancipatory tool. In developin...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2005.
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| Summary: | 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 black political solidarity as a needed emancipatory tool. In developing his defense of black solidarity, he draws on the history of black political thought, focusing on the canonical figures of Martin R. Delany and W.E.B. Du Bois. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 320 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-302) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674043527 0674043529 |
| Language: | In English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |