For instance, I often joke with my students that many of them don’t know the meanings of their names, but because I’ve studied classics and ancient languages, I tend to know what people’s names mean.Īnd what’s strange is that, even though they don’t know the meaning of their names, and maybe their parents don’t even know the meanings of their names, they nevertheless often manifest the meanings of their names. So, when I was asked again more recently whether I’d write a book on black consciousness, I said yes - because, you know, sometimes life is paradoxical. There are a lot of conceptual tools in the book that I’ve developed in the years since, and they afford a certain elegance to the argument. I was originally asked to write this book in the 1990s - and I’m glad I didn’t. How did the idea for your book - exploring black consciousness through the lens of existentialism and meaning-making - come about?
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