The Problem of Embodiment in Early African American Narrative

副标题: (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies)

ISBN: 9780313303593

出版社: Praeger

出版年: 1997-06-30

页数: 214

定价: USD 79.95

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

Offering a revolutionary way of reading 19th-century slave narratives, Fishburn seeks to recover the philosophical foundations of African American literature. Underlying slave narrative is an expression of the problem of physical embodiment; that is, the dualistic thinking of the mind-body division. Fishburn's work uncovers the tension between needing to acknowledge the fact of human embodiment and wishing to overcome its consequences in a racist society. One of the strongest points made by this pioneering work is the controversial claim that these slave narratives offer one of the most telling, if largely overlooked, pre-Heideggerian critiques of liberal humanism ever attempted in the West.