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Blackness and Nothingness (Mysticism in the Flesh)
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In taking up the profound and necessary challenge of Afro-pessimism, scholars engaged in black study must not only attend to the relation between blackness and nothingness that Frank B. Wilderson III and Jared Sexton elaborate in their encounter with the work of Frantz Fanon but must also investigate the resonance, presence, and topography of blackness in and as nothingness that is manifest at the intersection of mysticism and logic in black study. This essay is an attempt to contribute to that investigation.
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- Authors
- Moten, F.
- Corresponding author
- Moten, Fred
- ORCID
- Moten, Fred
- Venue
- South Atlantic Quarterly
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Published
- 2013-10-01
- Volume
- 112
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 737-780
- ISSN
- 0038-2876 (ISSN-L)
- 1527-8026
- OpenAlex
- W2332784512
- Cited by
- 748
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 26.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- South Atlantic Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Theological Perspectives and Practices
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Race, History, and American Society
- Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Afro-Latin American Studies
- Keywords
- Afro-pessimism, Blackness, nothingness, mysticism, Frantz Fanon
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