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Maulana Karenga


Maulana Karenga

An Intellectual Portrait
1. Aufl.

von: Molefi Kete Asante

18,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 24.04.2013
ISBN/EAN: 9780745659336
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 224

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In this book, the most prolific contemporary African American scholar and cultural theorist Molefi Kete Asante leads the reader on an informative journey through the mind of Maulana Karenga, one of the key cultural thinkers of our time. Not only is Karenga the creator of Kwanzaa, an extensive and widespread celebratory holiday based on his philosophy of Kawaida, he is an activist-scholar committed to a "dignity-affirming" life for all human beings. Asante examines the sources of Karenga's intellectual preoccupations and demonstrates that Karenga's concerns with the liberation narratives and mythic realities of African people are rooted in the best interests of a collective humanity. <p>The book shows Karenga to be an intellectual giant willing to practice his theories in order to manifest his intense emotional attachment to culture, truth and justice. Asante's enlightening presentation and riveting critique of Karenga's works reveal a compelling account of a thinker whose contributions extend far beyond the Academy. Although Karenga began his career as a student activist, a civil rights leader, a Pan Africanist, and a culturalist, he ultimately succeeds in turning his fierce commitment to truth toward dissecting political, social, and ethical issues. Asante carefully analyzes Karenga's important works on Black Studies, but also his earlier works on culture and his later works on ethics, such as <i>The Husia</i>, and <i>Odu Ifa: The Ethical Teachings.</i></p>
<p>Foreword by Ama Mazama, Temple University vi</p> <p>Preface ix</p> <p>Acknowledgements xiii</p> <p>1 Karenga and the Drawing of Cultural Grounds 1</p> <p>2 The Cultural Narrative 30</p> <p>3 Controlling Intellectual Territory 57</p> <p>4 Creating Historical Possibilities 94</p> <p>5 Implementing the Lessons 164</p> <p>Notes 183</p> <p>Bibliography of Key Writings 187</p> <p>References 191</p> <p>Index 201</p>
"Asante provides an informative background reading on a scholar for whom the Kwanzaa celebration represents the tip of the iceberg in his activist and academic achievements."<br /><b><i>Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies<br /><br /></i></b>"To have the seminal thinker Molefi Asante writing on the legendary Maulana Karenga is a grand treat! This work is an historic encounter of great significance and contemporary relevance."<br /><b>Cornel West, Princeton University</b> <p>"Asante has given us the first in-depth study of the thought of Maulana Karenga. A major cultural influence in the sixties, Karenga's Kawaida Philosophy serves as a primary source of Afrocentric thinking today."<br /><b>Charles Henry, University of California, Berkeley</b></p> <p>"In this remarkable study, Professor Asante not only provides an intellectual biography of Karenga, undertaken with rare devotion and deep understanding, but also renders homage to an outstanding scholar whose work, spanning some four decades, has been fundamental in the development of African American cultural awareness in our time."<br /><b>F. Abiola Irele, Harvard University</b></p>
<b>Molefi Kete Asante</b> is Professor in the Department of African American Studies at Temple University.
In this book, the most prolific contemporary African American scholar and cultural theorist Molefi Kete Asante leads the reader on an informative journey through the mind of Maulana Karenga, one of the key cultural thinkers of our time. Not only is Karenga the creator of Kwanzaa, an extensive and widespread celebratory holiday based on his philosophy of Kawaida, he is an activist-scholar committed to a "dignity-affirming" life for all human beings. Asante examines the sources of Karenga's intellectual preoccupations and demonstrates that Karenga's concerns with the liberation narratives and mythic realities of African people are rooted in the best interests of a collective humanity. <p> The book shows Karenga to be an intellectual giant willing to practice his theories in order to manifest his intense emotional attachment to culture, truth and justice. Asante's enlightening presentation and riveting critique of Karenga's works reveal a compelling account of a thinker whose contributions extend far beyond the Academy. Although Karenga began his career as a student activist, a civil rights leader, a Pan Africanist, and a culturalist, he ultimately succeeds in turning his fierce commitment to truth toward dissecting political, social, and ethical issues. Asante carefully analyzes Karenga's important works on Black Studies, but also his earlier works on culture and his later works on ethics, such as <i>The Husia</i>, and <i>Odu Ifa: The Ethical Teachings.</i></p>
<br />"Asante has given us the first in-depth study of the thought of Maulana Karenga. A major cultural influence in the sixties, Karenga's Kawaida Philosophy serves as a primary source of Afrocentric thinking today."<br /><b>Charles Henry, University of California, Berkeley</b> <p> "In this remarkable study, Professor Asante not only provides an intellectual biography of Karenga, undertaken with rare devotion and deep understanding, but also renders homage to an outstanding scholar whose work, spanning some four decades, has been fundamental in the development of African American cultural awareness in our time."<br /><b>F. Abiola Irele, Harvard University</b> <br /><br />"To have the seminal thinker Molefi Asante writing on the legendary Maulana Karenga is a grand treat! This work is an historic encounter of great significance and contemporary relevance."<br /><b>Cornel West, Princeton University</b></p>

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