A Companion to African-american Philosophy

by Lott, Tommy L.; Pittman, John P.

• ISBN13: 9781405145688
• ISBN10: 1405145684
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-23
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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. 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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	p. viii
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Philosophic Traditions
Introduction to Part I	p. 3
Philosophy and the Afro-American Experience	p. 7
African-American Existential Philosophy	p. 33
African-American Philosophy: A Caribbean Perspective	p. 48
Modernisms in Black	p. 67
The Crisis of the Black Intellectual	p. 87
The Moral and Political Legacy of Slavery
Introduction to Part II	p. 107
Kant and Knowledge of Disappearing Expression	p. 110
Social Contract Theory, Slavery, and the Antebellum Courts	p. 125
The Morality of Reparations II	p. 134
Africa and Diaspora Thought
Introduction to Part III	p. 151
"Afrocentricity": Critical Considerations	p. 155
African Retentions	p. 168
African Philosophy at the Turn of the Century	p. 190
Gender, Race, and Racism
Introduction to Part IV	p. 199
Some Group Matters: Intersectionality, Situated Standpoints, and Black Feminist Thought	p. 205
Radicalizing Feminisms from "The Movement Era"	p. 230
Philosophy and Racial Paradigms	p. 239
Racial Classification and Public Policy	p. 255
White Supremacy	p. 269
Legal and Social Philosophy
Introduction to Part V	p. 285
Self-Respect, Fairness, and Living Morally	p. 293
The Legacy of Plessy v. Ferguson	p. 306
Some Reflections on the Brown Decision and Its Aftermath	p. 313
Contesting the Ambivalence and Hostility to Affirmative Action within the Black Community	p. 324
Subsistence Welfare Benefits as Property Interests: Legal Theories and Moral Considerations	p. 333
Racism and Health Care: A Medical Ethics Issue	p. 349
Racialized Punishment and Prison Abolition	p. 360
Aesthetic and Cultural Values
Introduction to Part VI	p. 373
The Harlem Renaissance and Philosophy	p. 381
Critical Theory, Aesthetics, and Black Modernity	p. 386
Black Cinema and Aesthetics	p. 399
Thanatic Pornography, Interracial Rape, and the Ku Klux Klan	p. 407
Lynching and Burning Rituals in African-American Literature	p. 413
Rap as Art and Philosophy	p. 419
Microphone Commandos: Rap Music and Political Ideology	p. 429
Sports, Political Philosophy, and the African American	p. 436
Index	p. 450
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