Description
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.
Harris' writings on honor, insurrectionist ethics, tradition, and his work on Alain Locke have established him as a leading figure in critical philosophy. His timely and urgent responses to structural racism and structural violence mark him out as a bold cultural commentator and a deft theoretician. The wealth and depth of Harris' writings are brought to the fore in this collection and the incisive introduction by Lee McBride serves to orient, contextualize, and frame an oeuvre that spans four decades. In his prolegomenon, Harris eschews the classical meaning of "philosophy," supplanting it with an idiosyncratic conception of philosophy-philosophia nata ex conatu-that features an avowedly value-laden dimension. As well as serving as an introduction to Harris' philosophy, A Philosophy of Struggle provides new insights into how we ought conceptualize philosophy, race, tradition, and insurrection in the 21st century.Author: Leonard Harris
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 04/30/2020
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.67d
ISBN13: 9781350084193
ISBN10: 1350084190
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Political
- Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- Philosophy | Social
About the Author
Leonard Harris is Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University, USA. He is a specialist in the work of Alain LeRoy Locke and a founding member of Philosophy Born of Struggle (PBOS).
Lee A. McBride III is Associate Professor of Philosophy at The College of Wooster, USA.