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 postmodern 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.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Dancing
between Circles and Lines
Part I: The Situation
2. Rhetorical Condition as a Conceptual Field
3. The Idea of a Metatheory
4. African Foundations of Nommo
Part II: The Resistance
5. African American Orature and Context
6. Mythoforms in African-American Communication
7. Rhetoric of Resistance
8. Choosing Freedom
9. Africa as Concept
Part III: The Liberation
10. The Search for an Afrocentric Method
11. Transcendence: The Curved Line
Notes
Index