Linkages among African and African-American Thinkers : The Emergence of a Transgeographical Intellectual Community

by Mahmoud, Mahgoub El-Tigani

• ISBN13: 9780773452077
• ISBN10: 0773452079
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-30
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr

Summary

A major purpose of this exploratory work on the intellectual origins and linkages of African and African-American thought was to hightlight critical aspects of the continuity, unity, and vitality of Black thought that continued to stimulate,inspire, and guide scientific social research and strategic policy-making in the African and the African-American spheres of knowledge and political concerns.

Author Biography

Mahgoub El-Tigani Mahmoud is Sociology Professor at Tennessee State University.

Table of Contents

Commendatory Preface
Introduction: Two Blacks in One, One in Two	p. 1
Contrasting Black Thought	p. 25
African Thought in the Diaspora	p. 41
African-American Political Parties	p. 111
Change in the African Political Thought	p. 165
From Socialism to Liberalism	p. 253
The Unity of Mankind: Joseph-Antenor Firmin (1885)	p. 363
Pan-African Visions: W. E. B. DU Bois (1955)	p. 367
Anti-Imperialism: Gamal Abdul-Nasser (1955)	p. 372
Anti-Colonialism: Frantz Fanon (1959)	p. 376
Contemporary African-Global Relations: Nelson Mandela (1998)	p. 379
New American Strategies in Africa: Bill Clinton (1998)	p. 386
21st Century Africa in Europe: David Triesman (2007)	p. 394
Bibliography	p. 401
Name Index	p. 409
Subject Index	p. 415
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