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This wide-ranging, multidisciplinary collection of newly commissioned articles brings together distinguished voices in the field of Africana philosophy and African-American social and political thought.
Topics covered include philosophic traditions; the moral and political legacy of slavery; Africa and diaspora thought; gender, race, and racism; legal and social philosophy; and aesthetics and cultural values.
The volume provides a comprehensive critical survey of African-American philosophical thought by leading authorities. Addressing key themes, it will serve as a benchmark work of reference for courses in philosophy, social and political thought, legal studies, liberal studies, cultural studies, American studies, and African-American studies.
List of contents
Notes on Contributors viii Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv Part I Philosophic Traditions Introduction to Part I 3
1 Philosophy and the Afro-American Experience 7
CORNEL WEST 2 African-American Existential Philosophy 33
LEWIS R. GORDON 3 African-American Philosophy: A Caribbean Perspective 48
PAGET HENRY 4 Modernisms in Black 67
FRANK M. KIRKLAND 5 The Crisis of the Black Intellectual 87
HORTENSE J. SPILLERS Part II The Moral and Political Legacy of Slavery Introduction to Part II 107
6 Kant and Knowledge of Disappearing Expression 110
RONALD A. T. JUDY 7 Social Contract Theory, Slavery, and the Antebellum Courts 125
ANITA L. ALLEN AND THADDEUS POPE 8 The Morality of Reparations II 134
BERNARD R. BOXILL Part III Africa and Diaspora Thought Introduction to Part III 151
9 "Afrocentricity": Critical Considerations 155
LUCIUS T. OUTLAW, JR. 10 African Retentions 168
TOMMY L. LOTT 11 African Philosophy at the Turn of the Century 190
ALBERT G. MOSLEY Part IV Gender, Race, and Racism Introduction to Part IV 199
12 Some Group Matters: Intersectionality, Situated Standpoints, and Black Feminist Thought 205
PATRICIA HILL COLLINS 13 Radicalizing Feminisms from "The Movement Era" 230
JOY A. JAMES 14 Philosophy and Racial Paradigms 239
NAOMI ZACK 15 Racial Classification and Public Policy 255
DAVID THEO GOLDBERG 16 White Supremacy 269
CHARLES W. MILLS Part V Legal and Social Philosophy Introduction to Part V 285
17 Self-Respect, Fairness, and Living Morally 293
LAURENCE M. THOMAS 18 The Legacy of Plessy v. Ferguson 306
MICHELE MOODY-ADAMS 19 Some Reflections on the Brown Decision and Its Aftermath 313
HOWARD McGARY 20 Contesting the Ambivalence and Hostility to Affirmative Action within the Black Community 324
LUKE C. HARRIS 21 Subsistence Welfare Benefits as Property Interests: Legal Theories and Moral Considerations 333
RUDOLPH V. VANTERPOOL 22 Racism and Health Care: A Medical Ethics Issue 349
ANNETTE DULA 23 Racialized Punishment and Prison Abolition 360
ANGELA Y. DAVIS Part VI Aesthetic and Cultural Values Introduction to Part VI 373
24 The Harlem Renaissance and Philosophy 381
LEONARD HARRIS 25 Critical Theory, Aesthetics, and Black Modernity 386
LORENZO C. SIMPSON 26 Black Cinema and Aesthetics 399
CLYDE R. TAYLOR 27 Thanatic Pornography, Interracial Rape, and the Ku Klux Klan 407
T. DENEAN SHARPLEY-WHITING 28 Lynching and Burning Rituals in African-American Literature 413
TRUDIER HARRIS-LOPEZ 29 Rap as Art and Philosophy 419
RICHARD SHUSTERMAN 30 Microphone Commandos: Rap Music and Political Ideology 429
BILL E. LAWSON 31 Sports, Political Philosophy, and the African American 436
GERALD EARLY Index 450
About the author
Tommy L. Lott is Professor of Philosophy at San José State University. He is author of
The Invention of Race (Blackwell, 1999), editor of
Subjugation and Bondage: Critical Essays on Slavery and Social Philosophy (1998),
African-American Philosophy (2001), and co-editor of
The Idea of Race (2000), and
Philosophers on Race (Blackwell, 2002).
John P. Pittman is Chair of the Department of Art, Music, and Philosophy at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. He is editor of
African-American Perspectives and Philosophical Traditions (1996) and Associate Editor of the journal
Philosophia Africana.
Summary
This wide--ranging, multidisciplinary collection of newly commissioned articles brings together distinguished voices in the field of Africana philosophy and African--American social and political thought. * Provides a comprehensive critical survey of African--American philosophical thought.
