The Quest for Community and Identity : Critical Essays in Africana Social Philosophy (New Critical Theory) [Paperback]

Robert E. Birt (Editor), Rod Bush (Contributor), George Carew (Contributor), Kevin Cokley (Contributor), Arnold Farr (Contributor), Patrick Goodin (Contributor), Lewis R. Gordon (Contributor), Leonard Harris (Contributor), Clevis Headley (Contributor), Paget Henry (Contributor), Joy James (Contributor), Richard A. Jones (Contributor), Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting (Contributor), Eddy Souffrant (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0742512924 | ISBN-13: 978-0742512924

This collection of essays engages two of the most fundamental social and political issues of our time: community and identity. Wrestling with the perplexities of these two issues within the Africana world, the contributors delve into the influences of a postmodern world of globalization with outdated, crumbling forms of identity and sociality. In the wake of such an order, new forms of identity and community must be established. Birt has collected an informed group of contributors here, who lay the foundation for a new approach to finding community and identity in the Africana world.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The Quest for Community and Identity is a testimony to the vibrancy of Africana philosophy and the seriousness of the philosophical issues that Africana philosophy raises. (Bernasconi, Robert )

Recommended for mid- to upper-level courses on African American social and political thought. (Choice Magazine )

A significant contribution to social and political philosophy, critical race theory, and African American or Africana Philosophy. . . . The Quest for Community and Identity is an important resource for a number of disciplines and interdisciplinary endeavors. (Lucius T. Outlaw )

About the Author

Robert E. Birt is assistant professor of philosophy at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (February 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0742512924
• ISBN-13: 978-0742512924
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,284,837 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)