Afrocentric Idea Revised

Afrocentric Idea Revised

Author: Molefi Asante

Publisher: Temple University Press

Published: 2011-01-19

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1439905622

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Asante's spirited engagement with culture warriors, neocons, and postmodernists updates this classic.


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Download or read book Afrocentric Idea Revised written by Molefi Asante and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-19 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asante's spirited engagement with culture warriors, neocons, and postmodernists updates this classic.


Afrocentric Idea Revised

Afrocentric Idea Revised

Author: Molefi Asante

Publisher: Temple University Press

Published: 1998-01-07

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781566395953

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This new edition of The Afrocentric Idea boldly confronts the contemporary challenges that have been launched against Molefi Kete Asante's philosophical, social, and cultural theory. By rendering a critique of some post-modern positions as well as the old structured Eurocentric orientations discussed in the first edition, this new edition contains lively engagements with views expressed by Mary Lefkowitz, Paul Gilroy, and Cornel West. Expanding on his core ideas, Asante has cast The Afrocentric Idea in the tradition of provocative critiques of the established social order. This is a fresh and dynamic location of culture within the context of social change.


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Download or read book Afrocentric Idea Revised written by Molefi Asante and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 1998-01-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of The Afrocentric Idea boldly confronts the contemporary challenges that have been launched against Molefi Kete Asante's philosophical, social, and cultural theory. By rendering a critique of some post-modern positions as well as the old structured Eurocentric orientations discussed in the first edition, this new edition contains lively engagements with views expressed by Mary Lefkowitz, Paul Gilroy, and Cornel West. Expanding on his core ideas, Asante has cast The Afrocentric Idea in the tradition of provocative critiques of the established social order. This is a fresh and dynamic location of culture within the context of social change.


Afrocentricity

Afrocentricity

Author: Molefi Kete Asante

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13:

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The author has written this book entitled 'Afrocentricity' especially for those Africans still in a confused state in order to show them the way to peace. Further he indicates that the book has created its own supporters and detractors and has also been at the core of intense debates about the de-colonizing of the African mind, the dismantling of America, and the destabilizing of the Eurocentric hegemony. This book is not meant to be unread, un-remarked upon, or unheard. Afrocentrists have multiplied in the theaters, universities, unions, political organizations, schools, and corporations. The challenge to the white racial hierarchy has been intense and severe; there can be no hiding from the agency of awakened Africans. In the next few decades it is anticipated that a mighty revolution of values, symbols, and actions might bring about a more equitable society. This revolution for justice and liberty shall be led by the aroused black nation committed to a world of peace.


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Download or read book Afrocentricity written by Molefi Kete Asante and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author has written this book entitled 'Afrocentricity' especially for those Africans still in a confused state in order to show them the way to peace. Further he indicates that the book has created its own supporters and detractors and has also been at the core of intense debates about the de-colonizing of the African mind, the dismantling of America, and the destabilizing of the Eurocentric hegemony. This book is not meant to be unread, un-remarked upon, or unheard. Afrocentrists have multiplied in the theaters, universities, unions, political organizations, schools, and corporations. The challenge to the white racial hierarchy has been intense and severe; there can be no hiding from the agency of awakened Africans. In the next few decades it is anticipated that a mighty revolution of values, symbols, and actions might bring about a more equitable society. This revolution for justice and liberty shall be led by the aroused black nation committed to a world of peace.


The Afrocentric Idea

The Afrocentric Idea

Author: Molefi Kete Asante

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13:

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This new edition of "The Afrocentric Idea" boldly confronts the contemporary challenges that have been launched against Molefi Kete Asante's philosophical, social, and cultural theory. Expanding on his core ideas, Asante recasts his original ideas in the tradition of provocative critiques of the established social order. 256 p. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.


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Download or read book The Afrocentric Idea written by Molefi Kete Asante and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of "The Afrocentric Idea" boldly confronts the contemporary challenges that have been launched against Molefi Kete Asante's philosophical, social, and cultural theory. Expanding on his core ideas, Asante recasts his original ideas in the tradition of provocative critiques of the established social order. 256 p. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.


Kemet, Afrocentricity, and Knowledge

Kemet, Afrocentricity, and Knowledge

Author: Molefi Kete Asante

Publisher: Africa Research and Publications

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13:

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A profound statement of the Afrocentric perspective.


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Download or read book Kemet, Afrocentricity, and Knowledge written by Molefi Kete Asante and published by Africa Research and Publications. This book was released on 1990 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A profound statement of the Afrocentric perspective.


Handbook of Black Studies

Handbook of Black Studies

Author: Molefi Kete Asante

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 473

ISBN-13: 0761928405

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Publisher Description


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Download or read book Handbook of Black Studies written by Molefi Kete Asante and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2006 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description


The Afrocentric Paradigm

The Afrocentric Paradigm

Author: Ama Mazama

Publisher: Africa Research and Publications

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13:

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An Afrocentric Manifesto

An Afrocentric Manifesto

Author: Molefi Kete Asante

Publisher: Polity

Published: 2007-12-17

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 0745641024

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Molefi Kete Asante's Afrocentric philosophy has become one of the most persistent influences in the social sciences and humanities over the past three decades. It strives to create new forms of discourse about Africa and the African Diaspora, impact on education through expanding curricula to be more inclusive, change the language of social institutions to reflect a more holistic universe, and revitalize conversations in Africa, Europe, and America, about an African renaissance based on commitment to fundamental ideas of agency, centeredness, and cultural location. In An Afrocentric Manifesto, Molefi Kete Asante examines and explores the cultural perspective closest to the existential reality of African people in order to present an innovative interpretation on the modern issues confronting contemporary society. Thus, this book engages the major critiques of Afrocentricity, defends the necessity for African people to view themselves as agents instead of as objects on the fringes of Europe, and proposes a more democratic framework for human relationships. An Afrocentric Manifesto completes Asante's quartet on Afrocentric theory. It is at the cutting edge of this new paradigm with implications for all disciplines and fields of study. It will be essential reading for urban studies, philosophy, African and African American Studies, social work, sociology, political science, and communication.


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Download or read book An Afrocentric Manifesto written by Molefi Kete Asante and published by Polity. This book was released on 2007-12-17 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Molefi Kete Asante's Afrocentric philosophy has become one of the most persistent influences in the social sciences and humanities over the past three decades. It strives to create new forms of discourse about Africa and the African Diaspora, impact on education through expanding curricula to be more inclusive, change the language of social institutions to reflect a more holistic universe, and revitalize conversations in Africa, Europe, and America, about an African renaissance based on commitment to fundamental ideas of agency, centeredness, and cultural location. In An Afrocentric Manifesto, Molefi Kete Asante examines and explores the cultural perspective closest to the existential reality of African people in order to present an innovative interpretation on the modern issues confronting contemporary society. Thus, this book engages the major critiques of Afrocentricity, defends the necessity for African people to view themselves as agents instead of as objects on the fringes of Europe, and proposes a more democratic framework for human relationships. An Afrocentric Manifesto completes Asante's quartet on Afrocentric theory. It is at the cutting edge of this new paradigm with implications for all disciplines and fields of study. It will be essential reading for urban studies, philosophy, African and African American Studies, social work, sociology, political science, and communication.


African Pyramids of Knowledge

African Pyramids of Knowledge

Author: Molefi Kete Asante

Publisher: Academy

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9780982532706

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The Afrocentric method seeks to transform human reality by ushering in a human openness to cultural pluralism that cannot exist without the unlocking of our minds for acceptance of an expansion of consciousness. I seek to overthrow parochialism, provincialism, and narrow Wotanic visions of the world by demonstrating the usefulness of an Afrocentric approach, based on beginning with ancient Kemet, to questions of knowledge. Without a plausible ideology we can never march in the same direction; Afrocentricity is essential for the collective vision. I must alert you to the overpowering value of realizing an Africa truth that has been staring us in the face for thousands of years: the permanence of the pyramids.There is nothing profound in such a pronouncement, there have been similar pronouncements by various other writers, but what is different, I hope, is the identification of the principal cause of the failure in those other formulations. In the West there have been theories and critiques that are fraught with problems whether you call them by the names of existentialism, phenomenology, structuralism, post-colonialism, or deconstruction. What we have come to know is that the proponents of these views have hedged their bets in a European worldview that is moribund when it comes to looking at the outside world. They cannot truly grasp the significance of a revolutionary idea that would challenge the Eurocentric projection of its method as universal. However, the time has come for a total re-evaluation of both intellectual privilege and the assertion of European dominance in knowledge.


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Download or read book African Pyramids of Knowledge written by Molefi Kete Asante and published by Academy. This book was released on 2015 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Afrocentric method seeks to transform human reality by ushering in a human openness to cultural pluralism that cannot exist without the unlocking of our minds for acceptance of an expansion of consciousness. I seek to overthrow parochialism, provincialism, and narrow Wotanic visions of the world by demonstrating the usefulness of an Afrocentric approach, based on beginning with ancient Kemet, to questions of knowledge. Without a plausible ideology we can never march in the same direction; Afrocentricity is essential for the collective vision. I must alert you to the overpowering value of realizing an Africa truth that has been staring us in the face for thousands of years: the permanence of the pyramids.There is nothing profound in such a pronouncement, there have been similar pronouncements by various other writers, but what is different, I hope, is the identification of the principal cause of the failure in those other formulations. In the West there have been theories and critiques that are fraught with problems whether you call them by the names of existentialism, phenomenology, structuralism, post-colonialism, or deconstruction. What we have come to know is that the proponents of these views have hedged their bets in a European worldview that is moribund when it comes to looking at the outside world. They cannot truly grasp the significance of a revolutionary idea that would challenge the Eurocentric projection of its method as universal. However, the time has come for a total re-evaluation of both intellectual privilege and the assertion of European dominance in knowledge.


Being Human Being

Being Human Being

Author: Molefi Kete Asante

Publisher:

Published: 2021-11-03

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9781942774099

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Being Human Being express the power in ending the language of race entirely, bringing forth a new era in which the term "human", robust and newly re-envisioned, eradicates the need for the illusion of categorical racial boundaries.


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Download or read book Being Human Being written by Molefi Kete Asante and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-03 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being Human Being express the power in ending the language of race entirely, bringing forth a new era in which the term "human", robust and newly re-envisioned, eradicates the need for the illusion of categorical racial boundaries.