Anth 316 - March 29, 2000

Cornel West, "The New Cultural Politics of Difference" (1990)

Worksheet

To be completed for class:

Describe how West thinks "difference" works, particularly in his example of the plight of Africans in the New World. (26-29)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What does West think the job of the cultural worker should be and do in the new cultural politics of difference? (19-20, 31, 33, 35)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terms to look up:

Philistine, philistinism (21, 24) -

 

Reductionism (32) -

 

Connect the Dots: (just think about these)

How do Martin and West differ in their understanding of "resistance"?

Compare and contrast Stoler and West in the ways that they use histories of colonization in their arguments.