Reconstructing the Social Sciences and Humanities: Anténor Firmin, Western Intellectual Tradition, and Black Atlantic Tradition - Paperback

by Celucien L. Joseph (Editor), Paul C. Mocombe (Editor)

Reconstructing the Social Sciences and Humanities is the first full-length book devoted to Joseph Antenor Firmin. It reexamines the importance of his thought and legacy, and its relevance for the twenty-first century's culture of humanism, and the continuing challenge of race and racism

Author Biography

Celucien L. Joseph is an intellectual historian, literary scholar, and theologian. He is an associate professor of English at Indian River State College. He holds a PhD in Literary Studies from the University of Texas at Dallas and a PhD in Theology and Ethics from the University of Pretoria (Pretoria, South Africa). He is the author of numerous academic books and peer-reviewed articles. His recent books include Revolutionary Change and Democratic Religion: Christianity, Vodou, and Secularism (2020), a 2020 "Important Political Book--PoliticoTech Awards Finalist," and Theologizing in Black: On Africana Theological Ethics and Anthropology (2020). His books From Toussaint to Price-Mars: Rhetoric, Race, and Religion in Haitian Thought (2013), and Haitian Modernity and Liberative Interruptions: Discourse on Race, Religion, and Freedom (2013) received Honorable Mention at The Pan African International 2014 Book Awards.

Paul C. Mocombe (PhD) is a Haitian philosopher and sociologist. He is a former visiting professor of Philosophy and Sociology at Bethune Cookman University, an assistant professor of Philosophy and Sociology at West Virginia State University, and the president/CEO of The Mocombeian Foundation, Inc. He is the author of many influential books, such as The Theory of Phenomenological Structuralism; Haitian Epistemology; and Identity and Ideology in Haiti.