We who are dark : the philosophical foundations of Black solidarity / Tommie Shelby.

We Who Are Dark provides the first extended philosophical defense of black political solidarity. Tommie Shelby argues that we can reject a biological idea of race and agree with many criticisms of identity politics yet still view black political solidarity as a needed emancipatory tool. In developin...

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Main Author: Shelby, Tommie, 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • Two conceptions of Black nationalism
  • Class, poverty, and shame
  • Black power nationalism
  • Black solidarity after Black power
  • Race, culture, and politics
  • Social identity and group solidarity.