Postcategorical Utopia; James Baldwin and the Political Unconscious of Imagined Futures

by Pekka Kilpelainen

Kilpel inen's engaging journey through Baldwin's postcategorical utopian thought shows how this writer's under-appreciated later works foresee today's heated ideological and philosophical debates. From political unconscious to Afrofuturism, this book maps Baldwin's Black queer wisdom: Labels and essentialized identities easily 'become instruments of power, ' dividing and alienating societies, cultures, and individuals.

(Magdalena J. Zaborowska,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800792336
• ISBN13: 9781800792333
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"