To Build a Black Future: The Radical Politics of Joy, Pain, and Care - Hardcover

Harris, Christopher Paul

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9780691219066: To Build a Black Future: The Radical Politics of Joy, Pain, and Care
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0691219060 ISBN 13: 9780691219066
Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2023

Synopsis

An incisive portrait of how the new Black politics can forge a future centered on collective action, community, and care

When #BlackLivesMatter emerged in 2013, it animated the most consequential Black-led mobilization since the civil rights and Black power era. Today, the hashtag turned rallying cry is but one expression of a radical reorientation toward Black politics, protest, and political thought. To Build a Black Future examines the spirit and significance of this insurgency, offering a revelatory account of a new political culture―responsive to pain, suffused with joy, and premised on care―emerging from the centuries-long arc of Black rebellion, a tradition that traces back to the Black slave.

Drawing on his own experiences as an activist and organizer, Christopher Paul Harris takes readers inside the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) to chart the propulsive trajectory of Black politics and thought from the Middle Passage to the present historical moment. Carefully attending to the social forces that produce Black struggle and the contradictions that arise within it, Harris illustrates how M4BL gives voice to an abolitionist praxis that bridges the past, present, and future, outlining a political project at once directed inward to the Black community while issuing an outward challenge to the world.

Essential reading for the age of #BlackLivesMatter, this visionary and provocative book reveals how the radical politics of joy, pain, and care, in sharp contrast to liberal political thought, can build a Black future that transcends ideology and pushes the boundaries of our political imagination.

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About the Author

Christopher Paul Harris is assistant professor of global and international studies at the University of California, Irvine.

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0691219060
ISBN 13 
9780691219066
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
272
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