A Philosophy of Struggle (Bloomsbury Academic) Collating, for the first time, the key writings of Leonard Harris, this volume introduces readers to a leading figure in African-American and liberatory thought. https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Struggle-Leonard-Harris-Reader/dp/1350084190/ Harris’ writings on honor, […]
CFP: Alain Locke Society 2019
13th Meeting of the Alain Leroy Locke Society Alain Locke Conference April 12 – 13, 2019 Howard University Washington, DC 20059 Organizers: Dr. Jacoby Adeshei Carter (Howard University) and Dr. Corey L. Barnes (University of […]
Leonard Harris on Insurrectionist Ethics
Alain Locke Society founder Leonard Harris presents a talk on Insurrectionist Ethics. Synopsis 1. Classical pragmatism’s instrumentalism and consequentialism is rejected: it cannot justify slave insurrections and require that slaves reject the condition of self-deprecation. […]
Centennial Commemoration Moves to SAAP Portland
100 Year Anniversary commemoration moves to Portland for the 2016 meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy (SAAP.) This Alain Locke Society panel at SAAP will be held in honor of the […]
Philosophy Born of Struggle 2015 – UCONN Storrs
Embodied Philosophy & Epistemologies of Liberation November 6-7, 2015 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Hosted by the Department of Philosophy, UCONN and the Caribbean Philosophical Association “All philosophies, it seems to me, are in ultimate […]
APA-Eastern Symposium to Commemorate Centennial of Locke Lecture Series
“100 Years of Race Contacts and Inter-Racial Relations a Symposium in Honor of Alain L. Locke” This symposium will be held in honor of the 100 year anniversary of the lecture series delivered by Alain […]
Purdue Names McBride, Carter, and Tan as Locke Visiting Scholars
Purdue University Announces 2015-2016 ALAIN L. LOCKE VISITING SCHOLAR APPOINTEES Department of Philosophy Lee McBride, College of Wooster Impure Communities of Resistance: Harris and Lugones Creative Democracy: Dewey and Mouffe Insurrectionist Ethics and Angela Davis […]
The African American Philosophy and the Diaspora Book Series
African American intellectual history is replete with profound reflections and criticisms of a philosophical nature on the historical experiences of African descendant peoples in the Americas. The philosophic thought of African American men and women […]
Caribbean Philosophical Assn. Honors Leonard Harris with Lifetime Award
The Caribbean Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the 2014 recipient of the association’s Frantz Fanon Lifetime Achievement Award is Leonard Harris. Professor Harris is a pioneer in the academic study of African American philosophy […]
Locke Internment Archive
See Invitation Interment at 11:00 am Saturday, September 13, 2014 Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street Southeast Washington, DC
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