South Atlantic Quarterly· 2013Q1
Blackness and Nothingness (Mysticism in the Flesh)
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This essay investigates the manifestation of blackness as nothingness at the intersection of mysticism and logic within black studies.
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Key points
- The essay engages with the concept of blackness as nothingness, drawing on Afro-pessimist scholarship.
- It analyzes the intersection of mysticism and logic in black studies.
- The work contributes to the ongoing investigation of the relationship between blackness and nothingness.
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Abstract
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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