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Black Issues in Philosophy: An Interview with Donna Edmonds Mitchell

by Hanli Chu       Donna Edmonds Mitchell was an inspirational poet and storyteller who was a Perry Clan Descendant of the Pocasset Wampanoag Peoples.  She joined...
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Black Issues in Philosophy: A South African Philosopher’s Intellectual and Political Journey

Mabogo P. More is one of South Africa’s great living philosophers. His life and thought, as recounted in Looking through Philosophy in Black: Memoirs,...
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Black Issues in Philosophy: Gordon and Da Silva on Brazil and Africana Philosophy

This interview previously appeared in a special issue of EntreLetras Journal. I offer its reprint here in light of the recent elections in Brazil,...
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Black Issues in Philosophy: Africana Philosophy and Depression

by Dana Francisco Miranda The white world, the only honorable one, barred me from all participation. A man was expected to behave like a man....
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Black Issues in Philosophy: Anthony J. Steinbock’s Moral Emotions

by Lewis R. Gordon Phenomenology, Maurice Natanson often reminded us, is an infinite task of beginnings, of starting over, of re-doing—again and again. A critic...
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Black Issues in Philosophy: Dwayne Tunstall as Africana Philosopher

by Thomas Meagher One of the preoccupations of Africana philosophy could be characterized in terms of axiology. Africana philosophy emerges out of a context of...
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Black Issues in Philosophy: Africana Philosophy in France Today

by Norman Ajari To think of the contemporary situation of Africana philosophy in France amounts to reflecting upon its institutional nonexistence and the historical reasons...
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Black Issues in Philosophy: The APSA’s Foundations of Political Theory 2018 Book Awards

by Jane Anna Gordon The American Political Science Association’s Foundations of Political Theory awards books that contribute to re-thinking canonical work and theoretical concerns in...
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Black Issues in Philosophy: Remembering Samir Amin

by Lewis Gordon and Thomas Meagher This issue reprints a recent memorial article on the passing of Samir Amin, written by Lewis R. Gordon for...
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Black Issues in Philosophy: The Philosophical Project of Political Speech

by Derefe Kimarley Chevannes No leader can successfully lead this race of ours without giving an interpretation of the awakened spirit of the New Negro,...