Philosophy of African American studies

nothing left of blackness

Stephen C. Ferguson

African American Philosophy and the African Diaspora | 1

Palgrave Macmillan

2015

Abstract

Cultural idealism in various forms has become enormously influential as a framework for Black studies. Ferguson takes on the task of demonstrating how a Marxist philosophical perspective offers a productive and fruitful way of overcoming the limitations of idealism. Focusing on the hugely popular Afrocentric school of thought, this book's engaging discussion shows that the foundational arguments of cultural idealism

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