Amir Jaima
Biographic Data
| ID | 5014720 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amir Jaima |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amir |
| FAMILY NAME | Jaima |
| SIGNATURE | JAIMA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Philosophy Texas A&M University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
(Re)Situating Geschlecht 3: The Political Stakes of Jacques Derrida’s Reading of Martin Heidegger’s Reading of Georg Trakl
In his 1985 lecture, Geschlecht III, Derrida sought to ‘situate Geschlecht within Heidegger’s path of thought’. Having identified a political disclosure of sorts in Heidegger’s discussion of the significance of Trakl’s poetic invocation of the polysemic, German word ‘Geschlecht’, Derrida intimates that Heidegger betrays ideas and presumptions concerning the ‘problematic of philosophical nationalism’. Given the contentious political context of Hei…
To Make a Scholar Black: A Constructive Analysis of the Discursive Orientation Toward Blackness
Africana scholars often address their texts to a reader who is implicitly white. This tendency, which this article characterizes as the “discursive orientation toward whiteness,” has the pernicious effect of limiting the range and rigor of scholars’ research questions and proposal. This analysis examines the other discursive “face,” following J. Saunders Redding’s observation from almost eighty years ago, which remains unnervingly insightful: “Ne…
Race Analysis in the Frame of Both Americas
In Search of Black Art(ists): On James A. Porter's Instructive Misunderstanding of Alain L. Locke
In Search of Black Art(ists)On James A. Porter's Instructive Misunderstanding of Alain L. Locke Amir Jaima (bio) No Negro who has given earnest thought to the situation of his people in America has failed, at some time in life, to find himself at these crossroads; has failed to ask himself at some time: What, after all, am I? Am I an American or am I a Negro? Can I be both? Or is it my duty to cease to be a Negro as soon as possible and be an Ame…
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In Search of Black Art(ists): On James A. Porter's Instructive Misunderstanding of Alain L. Locke
In Search of Black Art(ists)On James A. Porter's Instructive Misunderstanding of Alain L. Locke Amir Jaima (bio) No Negro who has given earnest thought to the situation of his people in America has failed, at some time in life, to find himself at these crossroads; has failed to ask himself at some time: What, after all, am I? Am I an American or am I a Negro? Can I be both? Or is it my duty to cease to be a Negro as soon as possible and be an Ame…
Race Analysis in the Frame of Both Americas
To Make a Scholar Black: A Constructive Analysis of the Discursive Orientation Toward Blackness
Africana scholars often address their texts to a reader who is implicitly white. This tendency, which this article characterizes as the “discursive orientation toward whiteness,” has the pernicious effect of limiting the range and rigor of scholars’ research questions and proposal. This analysis examines the other discursive “face,” following J. Saunders Redding’s observation from almost eighty years ago, which remains unnervingly insightful: “Ne…
(Re)Situating Geschlecht 3: The Political Stakes of Jacques Derrida’s Reading of Martin Heidegger’s Reading of Georg Trakl
In his 1985 lecture, Geschlecht III, Derrida sought to ‘situate Geschlecht within Heidegger’s path of thought’. Having identified a political disclosure of sorts in Heidegger’s discussion of the significance of Trakl’s poetic invocation of the polysemic, German word ‘Geschlecht’, Derrida intimates that Heidegger betrays ideas and presumptions concerning the ‘problematic of philosophical nationalism’. Given the contentious political context of Hei…
Gender Studies (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Race, History, and American Society (2 works)