Black-Continental Philosophy? Négritude and the Possibilities of Expanding the Continental Canon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21792205 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Courtney Reed (0000-0002-1440-2137, Butler University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 1-15 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative and Continental Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1757-0638 • E-ISSN: 1757-0646 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17570638.2025.2529794 |
| OpenAlex | W4412646471 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
Should we conceptualize domains like Black existentialism and phenomenology as Continental philosophy? Answering this question is difficult for a few reasons. First, Continental philosophy is both specific to a geographic region (Europe) while simultaneously producing theories with utility for many liberation and resistance projects. Second, Africana discourses are often developed in the wake of colonialism, racism, and oppression, making them connected to, and simultaneously a critique of, the European colonial education. Third, Black existentialism and phenomenology, like many Africana methods, are often evaluated by how well they coincide with Western traditions, whether through Western theorists (like Sartre) or by domain intelligibility (Black existentialism compared to Existentialism itself). This project explores these issues and asserts that these Black, philosophical enterprises are undeniably connected to the Continental tradition but conceptualizing them as Continental requires a redefining of Continental philosophy
Aesthetics · Canon · Continental Margin · Continental philosophy · Continental shelf · Epistemology · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Race, History, and American Society · Geology · Oceanography · Paleontology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |