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- Title
Some Points of Contention with the How, not the What of Yancy's Across Black Spaces.
- Abstract
On the value of public philosophy, both the present writer and the author of Across Black Spaces concur that when it comes to nontechnical issues, philosophers ought to be able to make themselves clear to educated nonspecialists. In terms of our public philosophy, I am not as fixated as Yancy in forcing readers to 'unsuture themselves' so as to acknowledge their racist beliefs and feelings. In The Uses and Disadvantages of History for Life, Nietzsche contends that the criterion for a good look into our past should be an answer to the question, 'Does the historical study improve the present health of our culture?' I argue that in some respects Yancy's work falls short of achieving this end. Throughout, Yancy demands space for a philosophy based on Blackness. In contrast, I join Ralph Ellison and Martin Luther King Jr. in looking forward to what the late Congressman John Lewis termed 'the blessed community', that is, one in which we all see each other as brothers and sisters. I endeavor to defend my views against the inevitable charge that many of my judgements can be dismissed as manifestations of White privilege.
- Subjects
NIETZSCHE, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900; KING, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; LEWIS, John R., 1940-2020; SIBLINGS; RACIAL identity of Black people; PHILOSOPHERS; LIFE history interviews; WHITE privilege; RACISM
- Publication
Journal of Applied Philosophy, 2021, Vol 38, Issue 4, p552
- ISSN
0264-3758
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/japp.12506