Toward an African Future—Of the Limit of World

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Nahum Dimitri Chandler

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Hardback

Series:

Suny Series, Literature ... In Theory

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Widely known for his probing analysis of W. E. B. Du Bois's early work, in this book Nahum Dimitri Chandler references writing from across the whole of Du Bois's long career, while bringing sharp focus on two later texts issued in the immediate aftermath of World War II—Color and Democracy: Colonies and Peace and The World and Africa: An Inquiry into the Part which Africa Has Played in World History. In these texts, "the problem of the color line," which Du Bois had already characterized as the problem not only of the twentieth century, but of the modern epoch as a whole, is further figured as a global problem, as a horizon linking the contemporary conjuncture of the history of modern systems of enslavement with the ongoing impact of modern colonialism and imperialism on the world's possible futures. On this line of thought, Chandler proposes that the name of "Africa" is a theoretical metaphor that enables a hyperbolic re-narrativization of modern historicity. Du Bois thus emerges as an exemplary thinker of history and hope for the world beyond the limit of the present.

Author Biography:

Nahum Dimitri Chandler is a professor in the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of X--The Problem of the Negro as a Problem for Thought.

Release date Australia

July 1st, 2021

Author

Nahum Dimitri Chandler

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

Total Illustrations: 0

Pages

152

Series

Suny Series, Literature ... In Theory

Dimensions

152x229x25

ISBN-13

9781438484198

Product ID

35069062

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