{"product_id":"glissant-and-the-middle-passage-john-e-drabinski-9781517905989","title":"Glissant and the Middle Passage: Philosophy, Beginning, Abyss","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA reevaluation of  douard Glissant that centers on the catastrophe of the Middle Passage and creates deep, original theories of trauma and Caribbeanness\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile philosophy has undertaken the work of accounting for Europe's traumatic history, the field has not shown the same attention to the catastrophe known as the Middle Passage. It is a history that requires its own ideas that emerge organically from the societies that experienced the Middle Passage and its consequences firsthand. \u003ci\u003eGlissant and the Middle Passage\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new, important approach to this neglected calamity by examining the thought of  douard Glissant, particularly his development of Caribbeanness as a critical concept rooted in the experience of the slave trade and its aftermath in colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn dialogue with key theorists of catastrophe and trauma--including Aim  C saire, Frantz Fanon, George Lamming, Gilles Deleuze, F lix Guattari, Derek Walcott, as well as key figures in Holocaust studies--\u003ci\u003eGlissant and the Middle Passage\u003c\/i\u003e hones a sharp sense of the specifically Caribbean varieties of loss, developing them into a transformative philosophical idea. Using the Plantation as a critical concept, John E. Drabinski creolizes notions of rhizome and nomad, examining what kinds of aesthetics grow from these roots and offering reconsiderations of what constitutes intellectual work and cultural production.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlissant and the Middle Passage\u003c\/i\u003e establishes Glissant's proper place as a key theorist of ruin, catastrophe, abyss, and memory. Identifying his insistence on memories and histories tied to place as the crucial geography at the heart of his work, this book imparts an innovative new response to the specific historical experiences of the Middle Passage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John E. Drabinski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517905982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517905989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2019","brand":"John E. Drabinski","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46825797255423,"sku":"9781517905989","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c94b3e65-31a3-4ae6-bc76-45f911b94ca1.jpg?v=1746073651","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/glissant-and-the-middle-passage-john-e-drabinski-9781517905989","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}