书目名称 | The Black Humanist Tradition in Anti-Racist Literature |
副标题 | A Fragile Hope |
编辑 | Alexandra Hartmann |
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概述 | Details how Black humanism stands apart from both Western humanist traditions and Black Church.Shows how literary fiction serves as both a theoretical and cultural phenomenon in the Black humanist tra |
丛书名称 | Studies in Humanism and Atheism |
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描述 | This book presents an intellectual history and theoretical exploration of black humanism since the civil rights era. Humanism is a human-centered approach to life that considers human beings to be responsible for the world and its course of history. Both the heavily theistic climate in the United States as well as the dominance of the Black Church are responsible for black humanism’s existence in virtual oblivion. For those who believe the world to be one without supernatural interventions, human action matters greatly and is the only possible mode for change. Humanists are thus committed to promoting the public good through human effort rather than through faith. Black humanism originates from the lived experiences of African Americans in a white hegemonic society. Viewed from this perspective, black humanist cultural expressions are a continuous push to imagine and make room for alternative life options in a racist society. .Alexandra Hartmann counters religion’s hegemonic grasp and uncovers black humanism as a small yet significant tradition in recent African American culture and cultural politics by studying its impact on African American literature and the ensuing anti-racist |
出版日期 | Book 2023 |
关键词 | Ralph Ellison; Anthony Pinn; Toni Morrison; Jesmyn Ward; Black Precarity; Black Lives Matter |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20947-5 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-031-20949-9 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-20947-5Series ISSN 2634-6656 Series E-ISSN 2634-6664 |
issn_series | 2634-6656 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |