Caribbean, European, Postcolonial 09 Dec 2013 On decolonizing the colonizer One of the central questions of my Levinas and the Postcolonial is why we haven't asked what should be a very… John Drabinski 2 Comments
African-American, Music Film Culture 04 Dec 2013 Baldwin, language, spirituals The function of the spirituals in the African-American intellectual tradition is well-known, especially in the work of W.E.B. Du Bois… John Drabinski No Comments
African-American, Caribbean 03 Dec 2013 Baldwin, language, blackness In “Letter on Humanism,” a letter written to French theorist Jean Beaufret in response to the claim that his book… John Drabinski No Comments
Caribbean, Postcolonial 19 Nov 2013 Sighs and history The meaning of Caribbean history is too much for any single post, to say the least (ha), but let me… John Drabinski No Comments
Caribbean, Postcolonial 18 Nov 2013 Fanon’s Martinique How does Fanon understand Martinique, and therefore the Caribbean as such? This question concerns both how Fanon's work works as… John Drabinski No Comments
Caribbean 17 Nov 2013 Writing, place, tradition In "Reading and Writing," there is a short meditation on Joseph Conrad's work, work with which he feels a surprising… John Drabinski No Comments
Caribbean 16 Nov 2013 Fanon and audience One of my general aims in critically re-reading Fanon is to historicize - in the sense of periodization - his… John Drabinski No Comments
Caribbean, Postcolonial 15 Nov 2013 Fanon and historical process One of the key claims in my writing on Fanon is that he eschews history in the name of a… John Drabinski 2 Comments
