Molefi Kete Asante
«“Molefi Kete Asante, the founding theorist of Afrocentricity, is one of the pre-eminent, independent thinkers and theorists of our times. His wide body of work has influenced and helped shape dialog and discourse in the academy and society and affirms his vital and enduring place in the intellectual history of African people. This collection of Professor Asante’s essays with reflections by his former students is an added and important contribution to engaging and appreciating the scholar and his transformative intellectual initiative and achievement.” Maulana Karenga, Professor and Chair, Department of Africana Studies, California State University, Long Beach»
Conceptually, Molefi Kete Asante: A Critical Afrocentric Reader is a reflexive analysis of the editor's space in higher education over the past three decades. As a historical assessment, this reader is a narrative that offers a constructive perspective of Afrocentricity, as the sheer mention of the word draws reaction and fear from either uniformed or conventional personnel. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 238
- ISBN
- 9781433112461
- Utgivelsesår
- 2017
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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«“Molefi Kete Asante, the founding theorist of Afrocentricity, is one of the pre-eminent, independent thinkers and theorists of our times. His wide body of work has influenced and helped shape dialog and discourse in the academy and society and affirms his vital and enduring place in the intellectual history of African people. This collection of Professor Asante’s essays with reflections by his former students is an added and important contribution to engaging and appreciating the scholar and his transformative intellectual initiative and achievement.” Maulana Karenga, Professor and Chair, Department of Africana Studies, California State University, Long Beach»
«“This is a significant volume focusing upon the work of a great intellectual who has contributed so much to scholarship in American higher education. It is a must-read for all who would seek to be enlightened by one of the major works in Africana studies.” Delores P. Aldridge, Grace Towns Hamilton Distinguished Professor Emerita of Sociology and African American Studies and Founding Director of African American and African Studies (1971–1990), Emory University»
«“This important collection has great potential for mitigating the widespread misunderstanding of the construct of ‘Afrocentricity,’ as advanced by Molefi Kete Asante. Much of the criticism leveled at Asante fails to understand, as he appropriately reminds readers, that Afrocentricity is articulated as ‘the ideological centerpiece of human regeneration, systematizing our history and experience with our own culture at the core of existence.’ Building on intellectual insights of Cheikh Anta Diop, Asante has not only weathered the heavy criticism, he has produced a remarkable volume of scholarship that explicates and extends his initial formulations. The selections in this volume provide readers, and especially serious students of Africana Studies, with a unique opportunity to follow the trajectory of Asante’s intellectual explorations, and also to better understand the ideology and values that catalyzed the formation of the discipline.” James B. Stewart, Professor Emeritus, Penn State University»