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Evolution, History and Destiny
Johnny Washington
其他書名
Letters to Alain Locke (1886-1954) and Others
出版Peter Lang, 2002
主題History / North AmericaHistory / United States / GeneralHistory / African American & BlackPhilosophy / GeneralPhilosophy / Free Will & DeterminismPhilosophy / History & Surveys / ModernPhilosophy / PoliticalScience / Life Sciences / EvolutionSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black StudiesSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / GeneralSocial Science / Sociology / General
ISBN08204497099780820449708
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=S_F2AAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Presented in an epistolary form addressed mainly to the African American philosopher Alain Locke (1886-1954), evolution, history and destiny constitute the main themes of this book. Destiny, the controlling theme, is defined as an ideal of transcendent unity toward which a people strives in successive generations. Destiny includes four modalities: the ethnic, the national, the world, and the cosmic. Destiny is both immanent and transcendent, the one pertaining to the actual world, the other, to the ideal world. Part I focuses on the first three modalities, devoting special attention to the ethnic experiences of Africans/African Americans, their history, identity, and appellations, including «African American, » «Black, » «Negritude» and the novel appellation, «Africantude.» Although focusing on the experiences of Africans and African Americans, the destiny model is applicable to all people. Another novel term explored is «Destinicity, » a synthesis of both the destiny and ethnic ideals of a people. In Part II, the emphasis is on the collaborative works of the author and Dr. Manohar A. Tilak, a chemist. Here the cosmic mode, the physical-biological universe, is described as having undergone unique phases of evolution: robotic evolution is now occurring and will give rise to new artificial «beings» to which Destinicity ethics are applicable.