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10 mai 2018

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9780822371847

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

14 Mo

In Ontological Terror Calvin L. Warren intervenes in Afro-pessimism, Heideggerian metaphysics, and black humanist philosophy by positing that the "Negro question" is intimately imbricated with questions of Being. Warren uses the figure of the antebellum free black as a philosophical paradigm for thinking through the tensions between blackness and Being. He illustrates how blacks embody a metaphysical nothing. This nothingness serves as a destabilizing presence and force as well as that which whiteness defines itself against. Thus, the function of blackness as giving form to nothing presents a terrifying problem for whites: they need blacks to affirm their existence, even as they despise the nothingness they represent. By pointing out how all humanism is based on investing blackness with nonbeing-a logic which reproduces antiblack violence and precludes any realization of equality, justice, and recognition for blacks-Warren urges the removal of the human from its metaphysical pedestal and the exploration of ways of existing that are not predicated on a grounding in being.

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Publié par

Duke University Press

Date de parution

10 mai 2018

EAN13

9780822371847

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

14 Mo

Philosophie et théologie

ONTOLOGICAL TERROR

Publication of tis open monograp was te result of Emory University’s participation in  (Toward an Open Monograp Ecosystem), a collaboration of te Association of American Universities, te Association of University Presses, and te Association of Researc Libraries.  aims to expand te reac of long-form umanities and social science scolarsip including digital scolarsip. Additionally, te program looks to ensure te sustainability of university press monograp publising by supporting te igest quality scolarsip and promoting a new ecology of scolarly publising in wic autors’ institutions bear te publication costs.

Funding from Emory University and te Andrew W. Mellon Foundation made it possible to open tis publication to te world.

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ONTOLOGICAL

B L AC K N E S S , N I H I L I S M, A N D E MA N C I PAT I O N TERROR

Calvin L. Warren

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Warren, Calvin L., [date–] autor. Title: Ontological terror : Blackness, niilism, and emancipation / Calvin L. Warren. Description: Duram : Duke University Press, . | Includes bibliograpical references and index. Identiﬁers:   (print) |   (ebook)   (ebook)   (ardcover : alk. paper)   (pbk. : alk. paper) Subjects: : Race—Political aspects. | Racism. | Race awareness. | Blacks—Race identity. | Niilism (Pilosopy) | Ontology. Classiﬁcation:   (ebook) |   .  (print) |  .—dc  record available at ttps://lccn.loc.gov/

Cover art: Sondra Perry, still fromBlack/Cloud, . Courtesy Bridget Donaue Gallery, NYC.

D E D I CAT E D T O

Fannie Warren, Lurene Brunson, and Jane Elven

(my tree moters)

For teir love, patience, and unending support

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INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CODA

C O N T E N T S

Acknowledgments

Te Free Black Is Noting

Te Question of Black Being

Outlawing

Scientiﬁc Horror

Catacrestic Fantasies

Adieu to te Human

Notes

Bibliograpy

Index

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AC K N OW L E D G M E N T S

Tis book is born out of numerous conversations, spirited debates, no-etic experiments, and silent reﬂections. My intention is to reinvigorateand expand a pilosopical ﬁeld, one often neglected and ignored: black niilism. Te tinking ere represents my attempt to center te onto-logical crisis blackness presents to an antiblack world. Tis is a diﬃcult task, and many ave provided intellectual and emotional support to ac-complis it. I am grateful for tose wo ave endured my negativity, un-conventional tinking, and exasperation. It takes an exceptional constitu-tion to support a niilistic tinker, especially wen te very ground upon wic te support is extended is also called into question. Words are inadequate to express my deep gratitude for tose willing to travel to te depts wit me, te “valley of te sadow of deat,” and tink wat seemsineﬀable. Identifying origins is always diﬃcult, since innumerable factors inﬂu-ence te emergence of tougt, but Yale University as been formative in my tinking. I would like to tank Dr. Robert Stepto and Dr. Glenda Gilmore for supporting my graduate work. Dr. Diane Rubenstein’s rigor-ous postmodern/psycoanalytic engagement and intellectual generosity ave cultivated my tinking since I was an undergraduate, and I continue to learn from er work. I am exceptionally grateful for er continued sup-port. Dr. Hortense Spillers as left an indelible imprint on my tinking and as provided me wit a model of intellectual courage, excellence, and generosity. We all need intellectual aspirations, and se constitutes suc an aspiration in my life. I ope tat tis project reﬂects my deep indebt-edness and admiration for er pilosopical contributions. Darien Parker, Carlos Miranda, Suzette Spencer, Uri McMillan, Sana Redmond, Nicole Ivy, Sara Haley, Kimberly Brown, Erin Capman, Libby Anker, Jennifer Nas, Melvin Rogers, Gregory Cilds, Jared Sexton, Celsey Faloona, Cristina Sarpe, and Zakiyya Jackson ave greatly

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