{"product_id":"afrofuturism-and-world-order-reynaldo-anderson-9780814215944","title":"Afrofuturism and World Order","description":"In \u003ci\u003eAfrofuturism and World Order, \u003c\/i\u003e Reynaldo Anderson delves into the evolution of Black speculative thought and Afrofuturism from the early twentieth century to the present day. By locating Afrofuturism within an African geography of reason, he situates the past, present, and future of people of African descent at the intersection of speculative philosophy, science fiction, futurology, artificial intelligence, climate change, and geopolitics. Historically, Afrofuturism theorized futures for Black Americans through merging their lived experiences with science fiction, technology, music, and art. Drawing from adaptations in Black culture and speculative thought during the Cold War, Anderson addresses the shifting focus of the genre from American to transnational, as well as the implications of modern existential threats such as the COVID-19 pandemic. By tracing the Black speculative tradition from its overlaps with Africana esotericism and certain African diaspora regions, to its intersections with astroculture and modernism, to the works of Malcolm X, Amiri Baraka, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Octavia Butler, to the aesthetic politics of the Black Speculative Arts movement, and beyond, Anderson illuminates how Afrofuturism participates in an increasingly multipolar world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Reynaldo Anderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814215947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814215944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Reynaldo Anderson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46974511218943,"sku":"9780814215944","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb93964c-7cc7-497f-a6b0-15977d00cb57.jpg?v=1750875247","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/afrofuturism-and-world-order-reynaldo-anderson-9780814215944","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}