Constitutive Temporality in Alain Locke’s Philosophy of Becoming: A New Audience for 'The New Negro'

• In Event: Historical U.S. Discourses on Race and Racism

Abstract

This essay argues that temporality in Alain Locke’s essay “The New Negro” accomplishes the difficult task of constituting both a radically different figure and a receptive and radically different audience that operate in accordance with his philosophy of value and ontology of becoming.

Author

• Deborah Summers, University of Minnesota