Afro pessimism, Black nihilism and afrocentric philosophy.....
Which one???
So....
It looks like there are two new afro philosophies that's becoming very popular among 21st century millennial academics
Afro pessimism and Black nihilism
There are many who have their various opinions about these two new philosophies.
But..... What I find unusual is of those in academia who are Afrocentric.
How does these two philosophies compare and contrast in regards to Afrocentric philosophy.
One of the things about afro pessimism is that it is not a light read. The author, Frank B. Wilderson III, uses big academic words.
Mr Wilderson wants to engage the intellectual academic audience/readers with his book. And he was successful. The afro intellectuals in colleges and universities are reading and discussing his new philosophy.
My apprehension about afro pessimism is from those who are Afrocentric.
Afrocentricity (afrocentric philosophy) was formed in the seventies and became popular in the early eighties.
I would like to see those scholars, who are Afrocentric, to discuss these two new afro philosophies.... Comparing and contrasting afro pessimism and black nihilism with Afrocentric philosophy.
Books to read, study and discuss:
Afro pessimism by Frank B. Wilderson III
Ontological Terror: Blackness, Nihilism, and Emancipation
Book by Calvin L. Warren
Demise of the inhuman by Ana Monteiro-Ferreira
(A book on Afrocentric philosophy written by a wyte woman)
Afrocentric Visions
Africana Womanism
Afrocentricity and the Academy by James L. Conyers
This is a afro pessimism lecture by Brian Klarman (wyte person)
(Of course he begins with Marxism)
Afrocentricity: epistemic revolution
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