For Whom and How Does Philosophy Matter? A Response to My Interlocutors.

In this article, I respond to various interpretations of important aspects of my authored book, Across Black Spaces. I discuss the importance of thinking beyond Eurocentric/Western meta‐philosophical assumptions regarding the production of knowledge. I articulate and defend forms of philosophical en...

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Publicado en:Journal of Applied Philosophy Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 581 - 599
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Aug2021
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Sumario:In this article, I respond to various interpretations of important aspects of my authored book, Across Black Spaces. I discuss the importance of thinking beyond Eurocentric/Western meta‐philosophical assumptions regarding the production of knowledge. I articulate and defend forms of philosophical engagement that trouble sites of white privilege and white power. I highlight the importance of philosophy as a site for engaging issues of existential catastrophe and disaster. And last, I defend the position that African American philosophy is, by its historical development within the context of anti‐Blackness, a collective site of Black opposition and resistance.