A philosophy of struggle : the Leonard Harris reader : philosophia nata ex conatu

"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."-- Provided by publisher Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Source Acknowledgments Editor's Introduction Part I Prolegomenon Chapter 1 What, Then, Is “Philosophy Born of Struggle”? Part II Immiseration and Racism (Oppression as Necro-Being) Chapter 2 The Concept of Racism Chapter 3 What, Then, Is Racism? (1999) Chapter 4 Necro-Being Part III Honor and Dignity (Reason and Efficacious Agency) Chapter 5 Autonomy under Duress (1992) Chapter 6 Honor: Emasculation and Empowerment (1992) Chapter 7 Tolerance, Reconciliation, and Groups (2003) Chapter 8 Dignity and Subjection (2018) Part IV An Ethics of Insurrection; or, Leaving the Asylum (Virtues of Tenacity) Chapter 9 Honor and Insurrection or a Short Story about Why John Brown (with David Walker’s Spirit) Was Right and Frederick Dou Chapter 10 Insurrectionist Ethics Chapter 11 Can a Pragmatist Recite a Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note? Or Insurrectionist Challenges to Pragmatism—Wal Part V Bridges to Future Traditions Chapter 12 Universal Human Liberation Chapter 13 Community Chapter 14 Tradition and Modernity Chapter 15 The Horror of Tradition or How to Burn Babylon and Build Benin While Reading a Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide N Chapter 16 Telos and Tradition: Index