ABSTRACT

Paget introduces the general reader to Afro-Caribbean philosophy in this ground-breaking work. Since Afro-Caribbean thought is inherently hybrid in nature, he traces the roots of this discourse in traditional African thought and in the Christian and Enlightenment traditions of Western Europe.

chapter 1|26 pages

The African Philosophical Heritage

chapter 4|27 pages

Wilson Harris and Caribbean Poeticism

chapter 10|26 pages

Caribbean Historicism: Toward Reconstruction