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Dis-alienating Theory: On François Tosquelles, Frantz Fanon, and Political Theory by way of Camille...

Camille Robcis's Disalienation: Politics, Philosophy, and Radical Psychiatry in Postwar France is a lively and timely intervention into a variety of fields. The book...
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Meditations on Africatown, Part 1: Sensing Reality

Editor’s Note: What follows is the first in an intended series of reflections by the author on experiences in the undertaking of a research...
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Loving Commitment to Another: A Reflection by way of Howard Thurman

Do we, as human beings, need love? In The Creative Encounter, Howard Thurman affirms that we do. Thurman articulates this universal human need for love...
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The Caribbean Philosophical Association’s 2023 Award Winners

The Caribbean Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the association’s awards for contributions to philosophical thought, literature, mentorship, and best...
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Drucilla Cornell, in Memoriam

The following is a revised reflection of a post on Drucilla Cornell for the Frantz Fanon Foundation. It is posted here because of the...
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Constituting Belonging: On Kris Sealey’s Creolizing the Nation

Kris Sealey opens Creolizing the Nation, recent winner of the Caribbean Philosophical Association’s Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista Outstanding Book Award, by relating the circumstances...
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Globalizing Political Theory and the Challenges of Making it Happen

The call to globalize and decolonize academia and to decenter European and North American political thought and philosophy within these fields is by now...
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Phenomenological Communicologist Jacqueline Martinez, Vice President of the Caribbean Philosophical Association

Jacqueline M. Martinez was recently elected to be the Vice-President of the Caribbean Philosophical Association. This means, as of 2024, she will be the...
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Sylvia Wynter and the Concept of the Homocene

What—or who—is responsible for the state of the planet? The “or who” suggests a distinction between two types of responsibility. One we may term...
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Metabolic & Modal in White Reconstruction

By definition, security means the freedom from danger, fear, and anxiety. —Safiya Bukhari, The War Before Stephen closed his eyes to hear...