Afrocentric Idea Revised

By Molefi Kete Asante

Book Overview

This new edition of The Afrocentric Idea boldly confronts the contemporary challenges that have been launched against Molefi Kete Asante's philosophical, social, and cultural theory. By rendering a critique of some post-modern positions as well as the old structured Eurocentric orientations discussed in the first edition, this new edition contains lively engagements with views expressed by Mary Lefkowitz, Paul Gilroy, and Cornel West. Expanding on his core ideas, Asante has cast The Afrocentric Idea in the tradition of provocative critiques of the established social order. This is a fresh and dynamic location of culture within the context of social change.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156639595X
• ISBN13: 9781566395953
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

A must-read book

This is a great and excellent book by the creator of Afrocentricity; Pr Asante. It helps us see the world from another and true perspective. It is insightful and soundly reasoned. Go get it!

Molefi is The Anointed Saint!

This book (along with Theory for Social Change) saved my spirit and will save the spirit of any Black person that reads it. It is incredible and the Elder covers just about every aspect pertaining to the Black experience. This book is a precursor to Pan Africanism. Buy it!!!

A racial hermeneutical masterpiece!

Molefi Asante's groundbreaking text The Afrocentric Idea offers an honest critique of the power structures behind the rhetorical foundation of how Americans view race and ethnic tradition. Truly Asante is worthy of being the top contemporary writer in Afrocentricity