Asante Molefi Kete
Asante Molefi Kete - An Afrocentric Manifesto Toward An African Renaissance - Paperback
Asante Molefi Kete - An Afrocentric Manifesto Toward An African Renaissance - Paperback
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Description: Molefi Kete Asante's Afrocentric philosophy has become one of the most persistent influences in the social sciences and humanities over the past three decades. It strives to create new forms of discourse about Africa and the African Diaspora impact on education through expanding curricula to be more inclusive change the language of social institutions to reflect a more holistic universe and revitalize conversations in Africa Europe and America about an African renaissance based on commitment to fundamental ideas of agency centeredness and cultural location. In An Afrocentric Manifesto Molefi Kete Asante examines and explores the cultural perspective closest to the existential reality of African people in order to present an innovative interpretation on the modern issues confronting contemporary society. Thus this book engages the major critiques of Afrocentricity defends the necessity for African people to view themselves as agents instead of as objects on the fringes of Europe and proposes a more democratic framework for human relationships. An Afrocentric Manifesto completes Asante's quartet on Afrocentric theory. It is at the cutting edge of this new paradigm with implications for all disciplines and fields of study. It will be essential reading for urban studies philosophy African and African American Studies social work sociology political science and communication.
Title: An Afrocentric Manifesto Toward An African Renaissance
Author(s): Asante Molefi Kete
Publisher: John Wiley And Sons Ltd
Barcode: 9780745641034
Pages: 192 Pages
Publication Date: 1/1/2008
Category: Ethnic Studies
Description: Molefi Kete Asante's Afrocentric philosophy has become one of the most persistent influences in the social sciences and humanities over the past three decades. It strives to create new forms of discourse about Africa and the African Diaspora impact on education through expanding curricula to be more inclusive change the language of social institutions to reflect a more holistic universe and revitalize conversations in Africa Europe and America about an African renaissance based on commitment to fundamental ideas of agency centeredness and cultural location. In An Afrocentric Manifesto Molefi Kete Asante examines and explores the cultural perspective closest to the existential reality of African people in order to present an innovative interpretation on the modern issues confronting contemporary society. Thus this book engages the major critiques of Afrocentricity defends the necessity for African people to view themselves as agents instead of as objects on the fringes of Europe and proposes a more democratic framework for human relationships. An Afrocentric Manifesto completes Asante's quartet on Afrocentric theory. It is at the cutting edge of this new paradigm with implications for all disciplines and fields of study. It will be essential reading for urban studies philosophy African and African American Studies social work sociology political science and communication.
Title: An Afrocentric Manifesto Toward An African Renaissance
Author(s): Asante Molefi Kete
Publisher: John Wiley And Sons Ltd
Barcode: 9780745641034
Pages: 192 Pages
Publication Date: 1/1/2008
Category: Ethnic Studies
