Existence in Black

Drawing upon resources in Africana philosophy and literature, this study explores some of the central themes of existentialism as posed by the context of what Franz Fanon has identified as "the lived-experience of the black". First published in 1997. Existence in Black is the first collective statement on the subject of Africana philosophy of existence. Among questions posed and explored in the volume are: What is to be done in a world of near universal sense of superiority to, if not universal hatred? What is black suffering? What is the meaning of black existence? The introduction argues that a response to these questions requires an existential journey through the resources of identity questions in critical race theory and the teleological dimensions of liberation theory.

Pages: 352, Edition: 1, Paperback, Routledge