Black Existentialism and Decolonizing Knowledge: Writings of Lewis R. Gordon (Gordon Lewis R.)(Paperback)

Black Existentialism and Decolonizing Knowledge collects the key philosophical writings of Lewis R. Gordon, a globally renowned scholar whose writings cover liberation struggles from India to the US and make field-defining contributions to the philosophy of race, Africana philosophy, and decolonization. Gordon's expansive output ranges across phenomenology, anti-Blackness, activist thinkers, sexuality, Jimi Hendrix, the Black Jewish struggle, and Ubuntu philosophy. Edited by Rozena Maart and Sayan Dey, two decolonizing thinkers from South Africa and Bhutan, this reader shifts attention away from colonial centres of power, encouraging global dialogue between students, scholars, and activists. Featuring a foreword by the celebrated novelist and postcolonial thinker, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, this reader includes a mixture of research articles, short critical essays,
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