Mickaëlle Provost: A Transatlantic Existentialism — Simone de Beauvoir, Richard Wright and the Phenomenology of Racial Oppression

MAR 3, 202242 MIN
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Mickaëlle Provost: A Transatlantic Existentialism — Simone de Beauvoir, Richard Wright and the Phenomenology of Racial Oppression

MAR 3, 202242 MIN

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<p>Simone de Beauvoir and Richard Wright embody what we could call, alluding to Paul Gilroy, 'Transatlantic Existentialism': they contributed to the circulation of ideas that constitute Black post-war thought. In this episode, Mickaëlle Provost explores the affinities between their analyses of oppression, and discusses the use of analogy in talking about patriarchy and anti-black racism.</p> <p><br></p> <p>The discussion is moderated by Tivadar Vervoort, and this podcast is hosted by Ashika Singh and Liesbeth Schoonheim</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>More reading....</strong></p> <p>Simone de Beauvoir. <em>America Day by Day</em>. Translated by Carol Cosman. Phoenix.</p> <p>Paul Gilroy. <em>The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness</em>. Verso.</p> <p>Mickaëlle Provost. 2021. “Undoing Whiteness: A Political Education of One’s Experience.” <em>Journal of Philosophy of Education</em> 55 (1): 229–42. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9752.12548.</p> <p>Richard Wright. <em>Native Son</em>.&nbsp;</p>