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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828278003321

Autore

Rabaka Reiland <1972->

Titolo

Concepts of Cabralism : Amilcar Cabral and Africana critical theory / / Reiland Rabaka

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-9926-9

0-7391-9211-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (387 p.)

Collana

Critical Africana Studies : African, African American, and Caribbean Interdisciplinary and Intersectional Studies

Disciplina

305.896

Soggetti

Critical theory

Black people - Race identity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Contours of Cabralism; Part I: Return to the Source: The Philosophical Foundations of Cabral's Critical Theory; 1 The Negritude Movement: Cesaire, Senghor, and Critical Social Theory; 2 Fanonism: Fanon's Dialectic of Radical Disalienation and Revolutionary Decolonization; Part II: The Weapon of Theory: Cabral's Critical Theory and Revolutionary Praxis; 3 Cabral's Critical Theory of Colonialism, Neocolonialism, and Imperialism; 4 Cabral's Critical Theory of Marxism, Nationalism, and Humanism

5 Cabral's Critical Theory of History, Culture, and National LiberationPart III: The Africana Tradition of Critical Theory: Cabral and the Decolonization and Re-Africanization of Radical Politics, Critical Social Theory, and Revolutionary Praxis; 6 Africana Critical Theory in the Aftermath of Amilcar Cabral and Cabralism's Contributions; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>By examining Amilcar Cabral's theories and praxes, Reiland Rabaka reintroduces and analyzes several of the core characteristics of the Africana critical theory. Ultimately, this book promotes the ways in which classical black radicalism should inform contemporary black radicalism, and contemporary Africana critical theory.</span></span>