Category: Feature

• April 7, 2020

  Leonard Harris Reader

  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, insurrectionist ethics, tradition, and his work on Alain Locke have established him as a leading figure in critical philosophy. His…
• March 14, 2016

  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. 2. Classical virtues are expanded beyond virtues of benevolence and piety to include self-confidence and tenacity. 3. People who are…