Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the phenomenology of race in the British empire. Phenomenology as philosophical study refers to critical theory which examines the structures and experiences by the first-person narrative. The phenomenological approach relates ‘subjective’ or ‘self’ to ‘object’ or others (Husserl, 1950). Thus, this theoretical study enlightens the importance of a relative record of Black’s experiences of institutional, cultural, economic and sociological racism. This paper elaborated the qualitative textual analysis through the theoretical framework of the French psychiatrist and theorist Frantz Fanon’s “phenomenology of race” (Lopez,2015) by giving multiple instances described in Natives by Akala. The qualitative theoretical study reveals the working of “systematic” and “institutional” racism as a criticizing resource to analyze the whole phenomena of race to a great extent. Fanon’s psychoanalytic analysis of racism is represented here by Akala’s self-experience of teacher’s biases as an impressive exploration of oppressive. The “intentional”, “conscious” phenomenological study brings the readers to consciousness by an optimistic view that “the obstacles of race can be overcome by all” as by the critique through black existentialism (Dkillingray, 2020). The phenomenological study of the paper thoroughly negotiates the racial discriminations embedded in “political phenomena” and its contemporary existence in different countries around the world.
Author(s):
Institute of English Studies, University of the Punjab, Pakistan
Pakistan
Details:
| Type: | Article |
| Volume: | 3 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Language: | English |
| Id: | 64a9069930bd6 |
| Published | July 08, 2023 |
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