#AgainstPoliceViolence
Editor's note: This special edition of Black Issues in Philosophy is being run to provide insight into the recent killing of George Floyd by...
A Life that Is Not One
I am dreaming a lot right now. Often nightmares that bring me back to the world of my childhood as a little Jewish girl,...
True Brazilian Democracy
My book How Fascism Works was published in September 2018. In it, I discuss many countries—the United States, Germany, and Italy, of course, and...
Dawn of Darkness
(Composed on 24 March 2020)
I know, I know,
It threatens the common gestures of human bonding
The handshake,
The hug
The shoulders we give each other to cry...
“Let me take it from the top. Hello. I’m The Doctor”: Sakena Young-Scaggs and...
On March 19th, Lewis Gordon came across this article by Mel Perez on the surprising development of a Black female incarnation of The Doctor,...
Virus: all that is solid melts into air
There
is a debate within the social sciences about whether it is easier to ascertain
the truthfulness and quality of a society’s institutions under normal daily
circumstances...
Review of Nathalie Etoke’s Melancholia Africana
Melancholia Africana: The Indispensable Overcoming of the Black Condition is a book about possibility. It is about reciprocity—about becoming. But it is also about...
Malcolm X Was More Interesting Than “Who Killed Malcolm X?”
Who
killed President John F. Kennedy? Who killed civil rights icon Martin Luther
King, Jr.? These questions have inspired some profoundly captivating
conspiracies.
However,
Who Killed Malcolm X?—an...
Frederick Douglass and the Transformational Power of Courage in a Fearsome World
In organizing and
movement-building circles, we often talk honorifically about our “fearless”
leaders: people who are unflinching, who are not afraid of any fight and who
never...
Caribbean Philosophical Association’s 2020 Award Winners
The Caribbean Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the 2020 recipients of the association’s awards for contributions to philosophical thought, literature, and mentorship:
Nicolás Cristóbal...