Creolizing Critical Theory

Benjamin P. Davis

ISBN 10: 153818799X / ISBN 13: 9781538187999

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, US, 2024

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Creolizing Critical Theory highlights the Caribbean as a philosophical site from which, for centuries and until today, theorists have articulated pressing critiques of capitalism and colonialism. Some of these critiques, such as those of the Saramaka Maroons, have stressed the value of autonomy. Others, such as those of the West Indies Federation, have emphasized solidarity in the face of European occupation. Critical Theory, as an emancipatory project rooted in the values of autonomy, solidarity, and equality, then, has long been a Caribbean practice. Drawing on a range of voices, Creolizing Critical Theory centers Caribbean critiques with a view toward praxis in the present.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Creolizing Critical Theory
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, US
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 153818799X
• ISBN 13: 9781538187999
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 517 grams

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Synopsis

Creolizing Critical Theory highlights the Caribbean as a philosophical site from which, for centuries and until today, theorists have articulated pressing critiques of capitalism and colonialism. Some of these critiques, such as those of the Saramaka Maroons, have stressed the value of autonomy. Others, such as those of the West Indies Federation, have emphasized solidarity in the face of European occupation. Critical Theory, as an emancipatory project rooted in the values of autonomy, solidarity, and equality, then, has long been a Caribbean practice. Drawing on a range of voices, Creolizing Critical Theory centers Caribbean critiques with a view toward praxis in the present.

About the Authors

Kris F. Sealey is professor of philosophy at Penn State University. She is the author of Creolizing the Nation and Moments of Disruption: Levinas, Sartre, and the Question of Transcendence.

Benjamin P. Davis is a postdoctoral fellow in African American Studies at Saint Louis University. Davis’s scholarship is in the areas of human rights, Decolonial Theory, and Caribbean Philosophy.