Party/Politics: Horizons in Black Political Thought (Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities)

In This Fascinating Treatment Of Party Life, Michael Hanchard Traces The Many Different Forms Of Communal Expression That Underlie Black Parties. Party/politics Reveals New Dimensions To The Way We Think About The Cultural And Political Sphere, Both Nationally And Transnationally. The Author Draws Broadly On Examples From Popular Culture, Literature, Social Movements, And Daily Life To Explore An Array Of Themes Ranging From Black Ideologies, The Demise Of Black Power And Third Worldism As Emancipatory Projects For Liberation, To More Contemporary Issues And Debates On Multiculturalism And Transnational Forms Of Identity. Capturing What Is Often Overlooked Due To An Emphasis On Nations, On Surveys, And On Formal Institutions, Hanchard Offers An Expansive, Integrated Framework For The Study Of Not Only Black Politics But Of Political And Social Theory The World Over. 1. Introduction --- Part I: Politics And Form. 2. A Theory Of Quotidian Politics -- 3. Ideology And Political Culture In Black -- 4. Between Confrontation And Acquiescence: An Ethics Of Aversion --- Part Ii: Politics In Fact And Fiction. 5. Cultural Politics And Black Public Intellectuals -- 6. Kohlhaas/coalhouse: Race, Foreigners And The State Of Exception --- Part Iii: Hemispheric Perspectives/black Internationalism. 7. Garnets Dictum, The Color Line And Mixed Race: Notes On Hybridity And Miscegenation -- 8. Conclusion: Which Community? Michael Hanchard. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 297-317) And Index. Acknowledgments Contents 1 Introduction Aims Book Organization 2 A Theory of Quotidian Politics Introduction: Another Theory of Power? Coagulate Politics, Political Aggregation Violence, the Final Frontier Displacement and Parallel Politics Hidden Transcripts, Infrapolitics, and Quotidian Politics Conclusion 3 Ideology and Political Culture in Black Introduction What Is Ideology and What's "Black" about It? Robert Lane, Philip Converse, and Black Public Opinion Baldwin and Cleaver's Public and Private Selves Philip Converse, Black Ideologies, and Public Opinion Black Pride/Black Prejudice? A Context-Based Approach to Black Ideologies and Black Public Opinion 4 Between Confrontation and Acquiescence: An Ethics of Aversion Introduction Revisiting Concepts of Assimilation and Discrimination A Theory of Aversion Evidence of Aversion: Personal Conduct Biopolitics and Aversion Theoretical Implications Conclusion 5 Black Public Intellectuals and Civil Society in Comparative Perspective Black Intellectuals and the Limitations of the New York Left Paradigm Adolph Reed and the Crisis of Black Politics The New World and the United States Public Intellectuals of Various Hues 6 Kohlhaas/Coalhouse: Race, Foreigners, and States of Exception A Tale of Two Tales: Justice and Commodities Women Advocates for Men Due Process Booker T. Washington as Martin Luther Gypsies and Blacks as Those without Value Knowledge, Power, and Commodification Race and the State of Exception Revolt or Revolution Conclusion 7 Garnet's Dictum, the Color Line, and Mixed Race: Notes on Hybridity and Miscegenation Introduction So Many Cultures, So Few Races: Hybridity in Latin America and Beyond Hybridity, Race, and Culture Empire and Hybridity Curros versus the Single Origin Thesis: National and Transnational Modes of Racist Hierarchy Hybridity, Mestizaje, and the Politics of Pluralism Templates of Race and Lessons from Political Economy 8 Conclusion: Which Community? The Overview After the Election: Party Politics and Black Political Representation Cultural Unity Laboratories and Scientists of Revolution: Black Political Thought and Its Parallels with Marxism Retreat, Reorganization, and Response Conclusion: Communities and Politics Imagined Notes References Index