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Convergences: Black Feminism and Continental Philosophy

Maria del Guadalupe Davidson

4.6/5 ( ratings)

A range of themes--race and gender, sexuality, otherness, sisterhood, and agency--run throughout this collection, and the chapters constitute a collective discourse at the intersection of Black feminist thought and continental philosophy, converging on a similar set of questions and concerns. These convergences are not random or forced, but are in many ways natural and necessary: the same issues of agency, identity, alienation, and power inevitably are addressed by both camps. Never before has a group of scholars worked together to examine the resources these two traditions can offer one another. By bringing the relationship between these two critical fields of thought to the forefront, the book will encourage scholars to engage in new dialogues about how each can inform the other. If contemporary philosophy is troubled by the fact that it can be too limited, too closed, too white, too male, then this groundbreaking book confronts and challenges these problems.

Language: English

Pages: 280

Format: Paperback

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Release: October 01, 2010

ISBN: 1438432666

ISBN 13: 9781438432663

Convergences: Black Feminism and Continental Philosophy

Maria del Guadalupe Davidson

4.6/5 ( ratings)

A range of themes--race and gender, sexuality, otherness, sisterhood, and agency--run throughout this collection, and the chapters constitute a collective discourse at the intersection of Black feminist thought and continental philosophy, converging on a similar set of questions and concerns. These convergences are not random or forced, but are in many ways natural and necessary: the same issues of agency, identity, alienation, and power inevitably are addressed by both camps. Never before has a group of scholars worked together to examine the resources these two traditions can offer one another. By bringing the relationship between these two critical fields of thought to the forefront, the book will encourage scholars to engage in new dialogues about how each can inform the other. If contemporary philosophy is troubled by the fact that it can be too limited, too closed, too white, too male, then this groundbreaking book confronts and challenges these problems.

Language: English

Pages: 280

Format: Paperback

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Release: October 01, 2010

ISBN: 1438432666

ISBN 13: 9781438432663

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