Journeys in Caribbean Thought

Informationen zum Autor Paget Henry is Professor of Africana Studies and Sociology at Brown University. His books include Caliban's Reason (2000). Klappentext For the past 30 years, Paget Henry has been one of the most articulate and creative voices in Caribbean scholarship, making seminal contributions to the study of Caribbean political economy, C.L.R. James studies, critical theory, phenomenology, and Africana philosophy. This volume includes some of his most important essays from across his remarkable career, providing an introduction to a broad range of pressing contemporary themes and to the unique mind of one of the leading Caribbean intellectuals of his generation. Zusammenfassung The volume provides a remarkable introduction to a broad range of pressing contemporary themes and to the unique mind of one of the leading Caribbean intellectuals of his generation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introducing Paget Henry, Jane Gordon, Lewis Gordon, Aaron Kamugisha and Neil Roberts / Part I: The Distinctive Character of Africana Philosophy / 2. The General Character of Afro-Caribbean Philosophy / 2. Africana Phenomenology: Its Philosophical Implications / 3. Between Naipaul and Aurobindo: Where is Indo-Caribbean Philosophy? / 4. Sylvia Wynter and the Transcendental Spaces in Caribbean Thought / Part II: Caribbean Political Economy and Cultural Development / 5. Grenada and the Theory of Peripheral Transformation / 6. Political Accumulation and Authoritarianism in the Caribbean: The Case of Antigua / 7. Caribbean Dependency in the Phase of Informatic Capitalism / 8. CLR James, Walter Rodney and the Rebuilding of Caribbean Socialism / Part III: A Homeward Turn: Antigua and Barbuda / 9. V.C. Bird's Political Philosophy / 10. Philosophy and Antigua/Barbudan Political Culture / 11. Badminded Nikki: A Review of Joanne Hillhouse's Oh Gad! / 12. The Socialist Legacy of Tim Hector / Epilogue: An Interview with Paget Henry (2015) / Bibliography / Index / The Editors...

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• Authors: Paget Henry, Henry Paget
• Assisted by: Jane Anna Gordon (Editor), Lewis Gordon (Editor), Lewis R. Gordon (Editor), Gordon Jane Anna (Editor), Kamugisha Aaron (Editor), Neil Roberts (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2016
• EAN: 9781783489367
• ISBN: 978-1-78348-936-7
• Series: Creolizing the Canon; Creolizing the Canon
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -