PrefaceChapter 1. Non-Cartesian Sums: Philosophy and the
African-American ExperienceChapter 2. Alternative
EpistemologiesChapter 3. "But What Are You Really?' The Metaphysics
of RaceChapter 4. Dark Ontologies: Blacks, Jews, and White
SupremacyChapter 5. Revisionist Ontologies: Theorizing White
SupremacyChapter 6. The Racial PolityChapter 7. White Right: The
Idea of a Herrenvolk EthicsChapter 8. Whose Fourth of July?
Frederick Douglass and "Original Intent"Notes
Index
Charles W. Mills is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is the author of The Racial Contract, also from Cornell, and From Class to Race: Essays in White Marxism and Black Radicalism.
A collection of eight engagingly written, erudite essays.... There
are two major themes here: the first concerns the philosophical
professoriate, which is predominately—and, the author contends,
dominatingly—white; the second is whether or not race moderates
philosophical consciousness. These are deep questions, and in
dealing with them, Mills address a broad spectrum of issues:
black-Jewish relations, gender (the progress of women vs. blacks),
white supremacy, racism, genocide, jurisprudence, and much more.
The thought of philosophers and others from ancient times to the
present is given incisive analyses, as are epistemological,
metaphysical, ethical, political, sociological, and literary
considerations. The subject of this book is long overdue for
airing. Highly recommended for a variety of pertinent academic and
larger public library collections.
*Library Journal*
According to Mills... racism is not an aberration of an otherwise
nearly ideal American democratic political system but is part of
the political fabric, inherited from European imperialists. Mills
examines emergent critical race theory and its movement beyond the
political and sociological arena to the venerable territory of
philosophy. Copiously researched and footnoted, it is an
outstanding work that addresses one of the many racial issues of
our times.
*Booklist*
The effort to make the reality of racism and black life visible is
achieved— with a great deal of thought-provoking ideas.
*Ethics*
A collection of eight engagingly written, erudite essays.... There are two major themes here: the first concerns the philosophical professoriate, which is predominately-and, the author contends, dominatingly-white; the second is whether or not race moderates philosophical consciousness. These are deep questions, and in dealing with them, Mills address a broad spectrum of issues: black-Jewish relations, gender (the progress of women vs. blacks), white supremacy, racism, genocide, jurisprudence, and much more. The thought of philosophers and others from ancient times to the present is given incisive analyses, as are epistemological, metaphysical, ethical, political, sociological, and literary considerations. The subject of this book is long overdue for airing. Highly recommended for a variety of pertinent academic and larger public library collections.
* Library Journal *According to Mills... racism is not an aberration of an otherwise nearly ideal American democratic political system but is part of the political fabric, inherited from European imperialists. Mills examines emergent critical race theory and its movement beyond the political and sociological arena to the venerable territory of philosophy. Copiously researched and footnoted, it is an outstanding work that addresses one of the many racial issues of our times.
* Booklist *The effort to make the reality of racism and black life visible is achieved- with a great deal of thought-provoking ideas.
* Ethics *![]() |
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