The Decolonial Abyss by An Yountae

The Decolonial Abyss by An Yountae

This book thematizes the mystical figure of the abyss by examining the abyss as the dialectical process of the selfs reconstruction followed by its dispossession. It traces such process in Neoplatonic mysticism, German idealism, and Afro-Caribbean philosophy with the end of politicizing the mystical figure from the standpoint of coloniality.

"The Decolonial Abyss offers a decolonial political theology that carefully considers but seeks to avoid pitfalls often found in political theologies and philosophies that are based or propose views grounded on absolute negativity, perpetual deconstruction, or on apparent radical views that collapse into Eurocentric conservatismsIt is a required reading for anyone interested in political theology, liberation theologies, decolonial thinking, as well as Caribbean literature and philosophical thought." -- -Nelson Maldonado-Torres Rutgers University "The abyss provides a fascinating lens through which to politicize the mystical on the one hand and theologize the post- and decolonial on the other. Each of these is a worthy project on its own and even more compelling in relation to the other... A sophisticated, readable, and important book." -- -Mary-Jane Rubenstein Wesleyan University

An Yountae is an associate professor of religious studies at California State University, Northridge. Dr. An specializes in religions of the Americas with a particular focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. His research focuses on the construction of religion, race, and political identity in colonial and postcolonial Americas. He is author of The Decolonial Abyss (Fordham University Press, 2016), and The Coloniality of the Secular: Race, Religion, and Poetics of World-Making (forthcoming 2023, Duke University Press). He is co-editor with Eleanor Craig of Beyond Man: Race, Coloniality, and Philosophy of Religion (Duke University Press, 2021).

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ISBN 13	9780823273089
ISBN 10	0823273083
Title	The Decolonial Abyss
Author	An Yountae
Series	Perspectives In Continental Philosophy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Fordham University Press
Year published	2016-10-03
Number of pages	200
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