By Bernard E. Harcourt “On our own we don’t add up.” — Stefano Harney and Fred Moten, All Incomplete, 125. Biodun Jeyifo made three main arguments in his intervention at Revolution 1/13 and elaborated on them, brilliantly, drawing on… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt At the first session of Revolution 13/13, three questions emerged as central problematics for this year’s public seminar. I will specify them in as precise terms as possible to help guide our conversation over the coming… Continue Reading
By Biodun Jeyifo The Negro is the man who must sit at the back of the bus in Alabama – Frantz Fanon, “Racism and Culture” Let Negroes negrify themselves… Let them persist to the point of madness in what… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt “The generalized abolition of the colonial system and the definitive and universal eradication of racism” — Final Resolutions, Closing Session, First International Congress of Black Writers and Artists, Paris, September 22, 1956.[1] Sixty-five years ago… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt Each year, the 13/13 public seminars focus on a different set of problematics at the very heart of contemporary critical thought. During the 2015-2016 academic year, the first 13/13 public seminars focused on Michel Foucault’s 13… Continue Reading