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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.
Alain L. Locke (1886-1954), in his famous 1925 anthology "The""New
Negro," declared that "the pulse of the Negro world has begun to
beat in Harlem." Often called the father of the Harlem Renaissance,
Locke had his finger directly on that pulse, promoting,
influencing, and sparring with such figures as Langston Hughes,
Zora Neale Hurston, Jacob Lawrence, Richmond Barthe, William Grant
Still, Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Bunche, and
John Dewey. The long-awaited first biography of this
extraordinarily gifted philosopher and writer, "Alain L. Locke
"narrates the untold story of his profound impact on
twentieth-century America's cultural and intellectual life. Leonard
Harris and Charles Molesworth trace this story through Locke's
Philadelphia upbringing, his undergraduate years at Harvard--where
William James helped spark his influential engagement with
pragmatism--and his tenure as the first African American Rhodes
Scholar. The heart of their narrative illuminates Locke's heady
years in 1920s New York City and his forty-year career at Howard
University, where he helped spearhead the adult education movement
of the 1930s and wrote on topics ranging from the philosophy of
value to the theory of democracy. Harris and Molesworth show that
throughout this illustrious career--despite a formal manner that
many observers interpreted as elitist or distant--Locke remained a
warm and effective teacher and mentor, as well as a fierce champion
of literature and art as means of breaking down barriers between
communities. The multifaceted portrait that emerges from this
engaging account effectively reclaims Locke's rightful place in the
pantheon of America's most important minds.
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.
Philosophy and the African American Modern Freedom Struggle: A
Freedom Gaze describes the ideas that defined the movement and
struggle to be free by Black people in the United States during
their Modern Era. Using a historical perspective, this work engages
the question of how the historical experience of oppression and the
denial of humanity created space for the development of a certain
consciousness. The existence and demonstration of agency within the
ideas of the African diaspora and the creation of an intentional
community with the aim of defining and attaining freedom are
dissected in order to understand the Black community as a whole
during the modern era.
Practical Wisdom is a compilation of the quotes, phrases and
sayings that have impacted John Leonard Harris' life. Each bit of
practical wisdom has a lesson that Mr. Harris has learned and he
desires that you might be impacted by them as well. Each quote or
phrase provides the reader with the opportunity to REFLECT, REACT
and RESPOND. The hope is that each reader will find ""helpful
nuggets"" that will transform their life. The proceeds from the
sale of this book will go to the ongoing work of Encouragement
Unlimited, Inc., the organization that Mr. Harris founded in 2002.
This organization endeavors to find ways to engender or restore
hope for people who for all extensive purposes have no reason to
have it. The organization helps to ""fill in the gaps"" for those
who ""fall through the cracks."" Learn more about the organization
at: www.encouragementunlimited.org. Note: This is the 6x9 full size
version
A fascinating and instructive account of how a family managed while
suffering with breast cancer. The emotional strategies used by a
father and a daughter while confronting a double mastectomy,
chemotherapy and radiation treatments. "A Father's Journey, A
Daughter's Voyage: A Cancer Journal" is a look at a father and
daughter's relationship, set in the old south--Lexington, Kentucky,
with its special history of compassion and yet racial divides; a
story of unity in the face of diversity."A Father's Journey, A
Daughter's Voyage: A Cancer Journal" is told through edited entries
from a journal maintained by the father, poetry from the daughter,
and discussions of how to manage a family while fighting the terror
of double mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation treatments."A
Father's Journey, A Daughter's Voyage: A Cancer Journal" revealsthe
special fears occasioned by race when seeking medical support;
thephilosophical and psychological issues one faces while
confronting theuncertainty created by breast cancer. In addition,
sources of information helpful for families to become cancer
survivors is provided.
Alain L. Locke (1886-1954), in his famous 1925 anthology "The" "New
Negro," declared that "the pulse of the Negro world has begun to
beat in Harlem." Often called the father of the Harlem Renaissance,
Locke had his finger directly on that pulse, promoting,
influencing, and sparring with such figures as Langston Hughes,
Zora Neale Hurston, Jacob Lawrence, Richmond Barthe, William Grant
Still, Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Bunche, and
John Dewey. The long-awaited first biography of this
extraordinarily gifted philosopher and writer, "Alain L. Locke
"narrates the untold story of his profound impact on
twentieth-century America's cultural and intellectual life. Leonard
Harris and Charles Molesworth trace this story through Locke's
Philadelphia upbringing, his undergraduate years at Harvard--where
William James helped spark his influential engagement with
pragmatism--and his tenure as the first African American Rhodes
Scholar. The heart of their narrative illuminates Locke's heady
years in 1920s New York City and his forty-year career at Howard
University, where he helped spearhead the adult education movement
of the 1930s and wrote on topics ranging from the philosophy of
value to the theory of democracy. Harris and Molesworth show that
throughout this illustrious career--despite a formal manner that
many observers interpreted as elitist or distant--Locke remained a
warm and effective teacher and mentor, as well as a fierce champion
of literature and art as means of breaking down barriers between
communities. The multifaceted portrait that emerges from this
engaging account effectively reclaims Locke's rightful place in the
pantheon of America's most important minds.
Over the course of the last four decades, William Leon McBride has
distinguished himself as a teacher, mentor, and scholar without
peer. The author of seven books and more than two hundred book
chapters, articles, and reviews, he is a world-renowned expert on
the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre and a leader in the
international community of philosophers. This volume-which
celebrates the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday-includes
contributions from colleagues, friends, and formers students.
Together, they pay tribute to the intellectual, philosophical, and
professional achievements of one of the most esteemed and
accomplished scholars of his generation.
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Philosophic Values and World Citizenship - Locke to Obama and Beyond (Hardcover, New)
Jacoby Adeshei Carter, Leonard Harris; Contributions by , Cherubin, Rose, , Collins, Christopher J., Danisch, …
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In Philosophic Values and World Citizenship: Locke to Obama and
Beyond, Alain Locke the central promoter of the Harlem Renaissance,
America's most famous African American pragmatist, the cultural
referent for Renaissance movements in the Caribbean and Africa is
placed in conversation with leading philosophers and cultural
figures in the modern world. The contributors to this collection
compare and contrast Locke's views on values, tolerance,
cosmopolitanism, and American and world citizenship with
philosophers and leading cultural figures ranging from Aristotle,
Immanuel Kant, James Farmer, William James, John Dewey, Jose
Vasconcelos, Hans G. Gadamer, Fredrick Nietzsche, Horace Kallen,
Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka) to the cultural and political figure of
Barack Obama. This important collection of essays eruditely
presents Locke's views on moral, emotional, and aesthetic values;
the principle of tolerance in managing value conflict; and his
rhetorical style, which conveyed his views of cultural reciprocity
and tolerance in the service of the values of citizenship and
cosmopolitanism. For teachers and students of contemporary debates
in pragmatism, diversity, and value theory, these conversations
define new and controversial terrain.
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