A Book Club Discussion with Frank B. Wilderson III: Afropessimism
Please join Africana Studies for the Black Studies Book Club meeting, featuring Frank B. Wilderson III in discussion of their book Afropessimism, on Friday, October 25 at 11:30 am at Tulane University. This is part of an ongoing series sponsored by Africana Studies, which features scholars whose recent publications have shifted the conversation in our field. Lunch will be provided.
This event is by registration only, and space is limited. Please register by following the link below if you plan on attending. Thank you!
https://www.eventcreate.com/e/bsbcwilderson
ABOUT THE DISORDERED COSMOS
Why does a perpetual cycle of slavery—in all its political, intellectual, and cultural forms—continue to define the Black experience? And why is anti-Black violence such a predominant feature not only in the United States but around the world?
Combining trenchant philosophy with lyrical memoir, Wilderson presents the tenets of an increasingly prominent intellectual movement (Afropessimism) that sees Blackness through the lens of perpetual slavery. Drawing on works of philosophy, literature, film, and critical theory, he shows that the social construct of slavery, as seen through pervasive anti-Black subjugation and violence, is hardly a relic of the past but the very engine that powers our civilization, and that without this master-slave dynamic, the calculus bolstering world civilization would collapse.
