A Companion to African–American Philosophy

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Paperback, 482 blz. | Engels
John Wiley & Sons | e druk, 2005
ISBN13: 9781405145688
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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.

Provides a comprehensive critical survey of African–American philosophical thought.
Collects wide–ranging, multidisciplinary, newly commissioned articles in one authoritative volume.
Serves as a benchmark work of reference for courses in philosophy, social and political thought, cultural studies, and African–American studies.

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ISBN13:9781405145688
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:482

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<p>Notes on Contributors viii</p>
<p>Preface xiii</p>
<p>Acknowledgments xv</p>
<p>Part I Philosophic Traditions</p>
<p>Introduction to Part I 3</p>
<p>1 Philosophy and the Afro–American Experience 7<br /> CORNEL WEST</p>
<p>2 African–American Existential Philosophy 33<br /> LEWIS R. GORDON</p>
<p>3 African–American Philosophy: A Caribbean Perspective 48<br /> PAGET HENRY</p>
<p>4 Modernisms in Black 67<br /> FRANK M. KIRKLAND</p>
<p>5 The Crisis of the Black Intellectual 87<br /> HORTENSE J. SPILLERS</p>
<p>Part II The Moral and Political Legacy of Slavery</p>
<p>Introduction to Part II 107</p>
<p>6 Kant and Knowledge of Disappearing Expression 110<br /> RONALD A. T. JUDY</p>
<p>7 Social Contract Theory, Slavery, and the Antebellum Courts 125<br /> ANITA L. ALLEN AND THADDEUS POPE</p>
<p>8 The Morality of Reparations II 134<br /> BERNARD R. BOXILL</p>
<p>Part III Africa and Diaspora Thought</p>
<p>Introduction to Part III 151</p>
<p>9 Afrocentricity : Critical Considerations 155<br /> LUCIUS T. OUTLAW, JR.</p>
<p>10 African Retentions 168<br /> TOMMY L. LOTT</p>
<p>11 African Philosophy at the Turn of the Century 190<br /> ALBERT G. MOSLEY</p>
<p>Part IV Gender, Race, and Racism</p>
<p>Introduction to Part IV 199</p>
<p>12 Some Group Matters: Intersectionality, Situated Standpoints, and Black Feminist Thought 205<br /> PATRICIA HILL COLLINS</p>
<p>13 Radicalizing Feminisms from The Movement Era 230<br /> JOY A. JAMES</p>
<p>14 Philosophy and Racial Paradigms 239<br /> NAOMI ZACK</p>
<p>15 Racial Classification and Public Policy 255<br /> DAVID THEO GOLDBERG</p>
<p>16 White Supremacy 269<br /> CHARLES W. MILLS</p>
<p>Part V Legal and Social Philosophy</p>
<p>Introduction to Part V 285</p>
<p>17 Self–Respect, Fairness, and Living Morally 293<br /> LAURENCE M. THOMAS</p>
<p>18 The Legacy of Plessy v. Ferguson 306<br /> MICHELE MOODY–ADAMS</p>
<p>19 Some Reflections on the Brown Decision and Its Aftermath 313<br /> HOWARD McGARY</p>
<p>20 Contesting the Ambivalence and Hostility to Affirmative Action within the Black Community 324<br /> LUKE C. HARRIS</p>
<p>21 Subsistence Welfare Benefits as Property Interests: Legal Theories and Moral Considerations 333<br /> RUDOLPH V. VANTERPOOL</p>
<p>22 Racism and Health Care: A Medical Ethics Issue 349<br /> ANNETTE DULA</p>
<p>23 Racialized Punishment and Prison Abolition 360<br /> ANGELA Y. DAVIS</p>
<p>Part VI Aesthetic and Cultural Values</p>
<p>Introduction to Part VI 373</p>
<p>24 The Harlem Renaissance and Philosophy 381<br /> LEONARD HARRIS</p>
<p>25 Critical Theory, Aesthetics, and Black Modernity 386<br /> LORENZO C. SIMPSON</p>
<p>26 Black Cinema and Aesthetics 399<br /> CLYDE R. TAYLOR</p>
<p>27 Thanatic Pornography, Interracial Rape, and the Ku Klux Klan 407<br /> T. DENEAN SHARPLEY–WHITING</p>
<p>28 Lynching and Burning Rituals in African–American Literature 413<br /> TRUDIER HARRIS–LOPEZ</p>
<p>29 Rap as Art and Philosophy 419<br /> RICHARD SHUSTERMAN</p>
<p>30 Microphone Commandos: Rap Music and Political Ideology 429<br /> BILL E. LAWSON</p>
<p>31 Sports, Political Philosophy, and the African American 436<br /> GERALD EARLY</p>
<p>Index 450</p>

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