• Discusses philosophical issues in epistemology, philosophy of history, feminist thought and political economy in relation to African American Studies.

• Asserts the centrality of the Black working class to Black Studies.

• Engages with foundational arguments.

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Stephen C. Ferguson II is Associate Professor in Liberal Studies at North Carolina A & T State University, USA. He is the co-author of Beyond The White Shadow: Philosophy, Sports and the African American Experience with John McClendon. He has written for Socialism & Democracy, Cultural Logic, and The Black Scholar, among other journals.

Zusammenfassung
Cultural idealism in various forms has become enormously influential as a framework for Black studies. In turn, Ferguson argues for the centrality of the Black working classboth men and womento Black Studies.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Chapter 1: Class Struggle in the Ivory Towers: Revisiting the Birth of Black Studies in '68.- Chapter 2: The Afrocentric Problematic: The Quest for Particularity and the Negation of Objectivity.- Chapter 3: Old Wine in a New Bottle? The Critique of Eurocentrism in Marima Ani's Yurugu.- Chapter 4: The Heritage we Renounce: The Utopian Worldview of Afrocentricity.- Chapter 5: What's Epistemology Got to do with it?: The Death of Epistemology in African American Studies.<p