Black dignity the struggle against domination / Vincent W. Lloyd.
| Author/creator | Lloyd, Vincent W., 1982- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022] |
| Description | xiii, 189 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Struggle against domination |
| Contents | Everything Black -- Black rage -- Black love -- Black family -- Black futures -- Black magic -- I believe in the revolution -- How to live with dignity. |
| Abstract | "This radical work by one of the leading young scholars of Black thought delineates a new concept of Black dignity, yet one with a long history in Black writing and action. Previously in the West, dignity has been seen in two ways: as something inherent in one's station in life, whether acquired or conferred by birth; or more recently as an essential condition and right common to all of humanity. In what might be called a work of observational philosophy--an effort to describe the philosophy underlying the Black Lives Matter movement--Vincent W. Lloyd defines dignity as something performative, not an essential quality but an action: struggle against domination. Without struggle, there is no dignity. He defines anti-Blackness as an inescapable condition of American life, and the slave's struggle against the master as the "primal scene" of domination and resistance. Exploring the way Black writers such as Frederick Douglass, Langston Hughes, and Audre Lorde have dealt with themes such as Black rage, Black love, and Black magic, Lloyd posits that Black dignity is the paradigm of all dignity and, more audaciously, that Black philosophy is the starting point of all philosophy."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issued in other form | Electronic version: Lloyd, Vincent W., 1982- Black dignity. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022] 9780300268799 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022938399 |
| ISBN | 9780300253672 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0300253672 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |