{"product_id":"dignity-or-death-ethics-and-politics-of-race-hardback-9781509548651","title":"Dignity or Death; Ethics and Politics of Race (Hardback) 9781509548651","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDignity or Death\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEthics and Politics of Race\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNorman Ajari (Author), Matthew B. Smith (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509548651, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 November 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.8 x 2.5 cm, 0.499 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In the controversy raging in many countries about ‘decolonial’ thought, this book by the young philosopher Norman Ajari will not go unnoticed. Its ambition, richness, and militant passion will give others the means to learn more about this new paradigm and to take stock of its internal diversity.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEtienne Balibar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"[T]his book ... announces Ajari as one of the most vital Afro-descendant French philosophical voices to emerge in recent years.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrench Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book sets out to understand the ethical dimension of Black lives and deaths in the modern period. Recent events—from the brutal murder of George Floyd to the pervasive violence meted out daily on the streets of our cities—have demonstrated all too clearly the fundamental trait that shapes our contemporary moment: the Black condition is defined by indignity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAjari takes dignity as his starting point because dignity is what white people try to abolish in their violence toward Black people, and it is what they deprive themselves of in exerting this violence. Dignity is also what Black people collectively affirm when they rise up against white domination. When a young Black man or woman’s dignity is taken from them as the result of assault, rape, or assassination at the hands of the state, the roots of a long history of struggle, conquest, and affirmation of African humanity are exposed and shaken. Above all, dignity is the ability of the oppressed, trapped between life and death, to remain standing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDignity or Death\u003c\/i\u003e offers an uncompromising critical analysis of the European philosophical tradition in order to recover the misunderstood history of radical thought in Black worlds. Slave uprisings, Negritude, radical Christian traditions in North America and South Africa, and political ontology are all steps on a long and troubled path of liberation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part One: Dignity Re-embodied\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter One: Decolonizing Moral Philosophy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Indignity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Our Dignity is Older than Us\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part Two: Caliban the Political Theologian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: The Universal by Accident\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: A Theology of Black Dignity in North America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Ubuntu: Philosophy, Religion, and Community in Black Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part Three: Forms-of-death in the European Necropolis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: Recognition and Dignity in the Era of Global Apartheid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Black Political Ontology and Black Dignity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441809027352,"sku":"9781509548651","price":43.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509548651.jpg?v=1785026389","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/dignity-or-death-ethics-and-politics-of-race-hardback-9781509548651","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}