Abstract: This talk will be about the influence of Edward Said and Jacques Derrida on Benjamin Davis’s new book Another Humanity: Decolonial Ethics from Du Bois to Arendt. The talk will also think with Zimitri Erasmus’s concept of “double politics.”
Biography: Benjamin P. Davis is an assistant professor in Africana studies and Hispanic studies at Texas A&M University. He is the author of three books: (1) Simone Weil’s Political Philosophy: Field Notes from the Margins; (2) Choose Your Bearing: Édouard Glissant, Human Rights, and Decolonial Ethics; and (3) Another Humanity: Decolonial Ethics from Du Bois to Arendt.
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Friday, May 2, 2025, 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
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