Keywords:
Hegel, blackness, Philosophy of History, World, Africa, VoidCopyright (c) 2024 Rocío Zambrana
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Abstract
This essay traces the logical structure of anti-blackness central to Hegel’s philosophy of history, which infamously posits Africa as outside of world or universal history (Weltgeschichte). Through a reading of the concepts of the world (Welt) and the void (das Leeren) as the logical underpinning of the anti-blackness in Hegel’s philosophy of history, the essay offers a critical evaluation of the Hegelian understanding of the Old and the New World. In dialogue with Rei Terada, Angelica Nuzzo, and Rocío Zambrana’s recent work, the essay also specifies such anti-blackness as a central aspect of the onto-epistemic rather than normative thrust of Hegel’s idealism.
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