Memoirs of a Black Philosopher

Memoirs of a Black Philosopher is a history of both anti-Black racism and the author's indefatigable struggle to transcend it by educating himself. These memoirs demonstrate the value of academic philosophy’s "upward path" from the ordinary to the sublime.

Sommario

Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Spring Hope
Chapter 2: Blaine Street
Chapter 3: School Daze
Chapter 4: The Absurd Schoolboy
Chapter 5: Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 1962-1965
Chapter 6: The Howard University Years, 1963-1965
Chapter 7: Missile Man, 1965-1969
Chapter 8: Why Not Minot?
Chapter 9: The University of Iowa, 1972-1977
Chapter 10: Laughing the Face of a New Sun, 1975-1982
Chapter 11: Westmar Eagles, 1979-1982
Chapter 12: Colorado, 1982-1985
Chapter 13: I'm Wasted and I Can't Find My Way Home, 1984
Chapter 14: Kent Denver Country Day School, 1985-1990
Chapter 15: Teikyo Loretto Heights University, 1990-1994
Chapter 16: The University of Colorado, 1994-2000
Chapter 17: Howard University, 2001-2013
Bibliography
About the Author
Index

Info autore

Richard A. Jones

Riassunto

Memoirs of a Black Philosopher is a history of both anti-Black racism and the author's indefatigable struggle to transcend it by educating himself. These memoirs demonstrate the value of academic philosophy’s “upward path” from the ordinary to the sublime.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Richard A Jones, Richard A. Jones, Jones Richard A.
• Editore: University Press Of America
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.02.2024
• EAN: 9780761874300
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-7430-0
• Pagine: 308
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia; Ethnic Studies, Education, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Educators, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to African American / Black American people, Relating to people of the African diasporas / heritage, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / African American & Black