Can I read Understanding Afro-Pessimism and Black Subjectivity on EtoBox?
Understanding Afro-Pessimism and Black Subjectivity by Dalton Richardson is a document available to read on EtoBox.
What is Understanding Afro-Pessimism and Black Subjectivity about?
The document discusses the concept of Afro-Pessimism and how it critiques frameworks like Marxism that center the worker/labor relation. It argues that these frameworks cannot account for the unique position of Black people as slaves, whose suffering is defined not by exploitation but by gratuitous terror and ontological murder. As the property of white society, Black bodies were objectified and used without regard for ethics, like in medical experimentation. Afro-Pessimism posits that anti-Black violence,
- Author
- Dalton Richardson
- Language
- EN