This wide-ranging, multidisciplinary collection of newly commissioned articles brings together distinguished voices in the field of Africana philosophy and African-American social and political thought.* Provides a comprehensive critical survey of African-American philosophical thought.* Collects wide-ranging, multidisciplinary, newly commissioned articles in one authoritative volume.* Serves as a benchmark work of reference for courses in philosophy, social and political thought, cultural studies, and African-American studies.

Notes on Contributors viiiPreface xiiiAcknowledgments xvPart I Philosophic TraditionsIntroduction to Part I 31 Philosophy and the Afro-American Experience 7CORNEL WEST2 African-American Existential Philosophy 33LEWIS R. GORDON3 African-American Philosophy: A Caribbean Perspective 48PAGET HENRY4 Modernisms in Black 67FRANK M. KIRKLAND5 The Crisis of the Black Intellectual 87HORTENSE J. SPILLERSPart II The Moral and Political Legacy of SlaveryIntroduction to Part II 1076 Kant and Knowledge of Disappearing Expression 110RONALD A. T. JUDY7 Social Contract Theory, Slavery, and the Antebellum Courts125ANITA L. ALLEN AND THADDEUS POPE8 The Morality of Reparations II 134BERNARD R. BOXILLPart III Africa and Diaspora ThoughtIntroduction to Part III 1519 "Afrocentricity": Critical Considerations155LUCIUS T. OUTLAW, JR.10 African Retentions 168TOMMY L. LOTT11 African Philosophy at the Turn of the Century 190ALBERT G. MOSLEYPart IV Gender, Race, and RacismIntroduction to Part IV 19912 Some Group Matters: Intersectionality, Situated Standpoints,and Black Feminist Thought 205PATRICIA HILL COLLINS13 Radicalizing Feminisms from "The Movement Era"230JOY A. JAMES14 Philosophy and Racial Paradigms 239NAOMI ZACK15 Racial Classification and Public Policy 255DAVID THEO GOLDBERG16 White Supremacy 269CHARLES W. MILLSPart V Legal and Social PhilosophyIntroduction to Part V 28517 Self-Respect, Fairness, and Living Morally 293LAURENCE M. THOMAS18 The Legacy of Plessy v. Ferguson 306MICHELE MOODY-ADAMS19 Some Reflections on the Brown Decision and Its Aftermath313HOWARD McGARY20 Contesting the Ambivalence and Hostility to AffirmativeAction within the Black Community 324LUKE C. HARRIS21 Subsistence Welfare Benefits as Property Interests: LegalTheories and Moral Considerations 333RUDOLPH V. VANTERPOOL22 Racism and Health Care: A Medical Ethics Issue 349ANNETTE DULA23 Racialized Punishment and Prison Abolition 360ANGELA Y. DAVISPart VI Aesthetic and Cultural ValuesIntroduction to Part VI 37324 The Harlem Renaissance and Philosophy 381LEONARD HARRIS25 Critical Theory, Aesthetics, and Black Modernity 386LORENZO C. SIMPSON26 Black Cinema and Aesthetics 399CLYDE R. TAYLOR27 Thanatic Pornography, Interracial Rape, and the Ku Klux Klan407T. DENEAN SHARPLEY-WHITING28 Lynching and Burning Rituals in African-American Literature413TRUDIER HARRIS-LOPEZ29 Rap as Art and Philosophy 419RICHARD SHUSTERMAN30 Microphone Commandos: Rap Music and Political Ideology429BILL E. LAWSON31 Sports, Political Philosophy, and the African American436GERALD EARLYIndex 450