| Mothership Connections: A Black Atlantic Synthesis of Neoclassical Metaphysics and Black Theology Contributor(s): Walker, Theodore (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791460894 ISBN-13: 9780791460894 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2004 Annotation: Bringing a black Atlantic approach to constructive postmodern efforts to understand and transcend modern worldviews and modern world orders, "Mothership, Connections draws upon the work of scholars in the tradition of W. E. B. Du Bois, Charles H. Long, Alfred North Whitehead, and Charles Hartshorne. The author shows that connections to the originating influences of transatlantic slavery and black Atlantic experiences are essential to any adequate account of modernity and postmodernity. He also argues that metaphysics is essential to theology and moral theory, synthesizing neoclassical metaphysics and black theology to develop a black Atlantic account of metaphysical aspects of struggle, power, and ethical deliberation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Theology - Religion | Philosophy - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
| Dewey: 230.089 |
| LCCN: 2003069331 |
| Series: Suny Constructive Postmodern Thought |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.32" W x 9.26" (0.75 lbs) 164 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bringing a black Atlantic approach to constructive postmodern efforts to understand and transcend modern worldviews and modern world orders, Mothership Connections draws upon the work of scholars in the tradition of W. E. B. Du Bois, Charles H. Long, Alfred North Whitehead, and Charles Hartshorne. The author shows that connections to the originating influences of transatlantic slavery and black Atlantic experiences are essential to any adequate account of modernity and postmodernity. He also argues that metaphysics is essential to theology and moral theory, synthesizing neoclassical metaphysics and black theology to develop a black Atlantic account of metaphysical aspects of struggle, power, and ethical deliberation. |