History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

HAP 128 - Marginal Comments - bell hooks and Patricia Hill Collins

We bring the story of black feminism up to the turn of the century with the incisive works of bell hooks and Patricia Hill Collins.

HAP 127 - Knowing the Difference - Audre Lorde

In poetry and prose, especially her collection "Sister Outsider," Audre Lorde explores ideas of difference, eroticism, and feminist theory.

HAP 126 - Fugitive for Justice - Angela Davis

The eventful life and penetrating philosophy of Angela Davis, an icon of resistance deeply informed by Marxism and influential on black feminist thought.

HAP 125 - Phenomenal Woman - The Black Women’s Literary Renaissance

Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou and Alice Walker explore the themes of black feminism (or “womanism”) in their fiction. Warning: this episode contains discussion of sexual violence and suicide.

HAP 124 - Double Jeopardy - Black Feminism

1970s black feminists like Toni Cade Bambara, the Combahee River Collective, and Awa Thiam critique white feminist and black nationalist failures to recognize the unique struggle of the black woman.

HAP 123 - History Teaches Us - Walter Rodney

Another Caribbean thinker, Walter Rodney of Guyana, explores Africana history from a Marxist perspective. 

HAP 122 - A More Human Face - Steve Biko

Famous for his killing at the hands of the Apartheid government in South Africa, Steve Biko was also a deep thinker, who introduced the notion of Black Consciousness.

HAP 121 - No Agreement - Fela Kuti and Wole Soyinka

The political and musical revolution of Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat, and the social critique of his cousin, the playwright Wole Soyinka.

HAP 120 - Redemption Songs - Reggae and Rastafari

How the Rastafari movement grew from trends within Africana philosophy, and then passed into global popular culture in the music of Bob Marley and other reggae artists.

HAP 119 - The Space Race - Afrofuturism

Sun Ra and Parliament-Funkadelic return to claim the pyramids, and Octavia Butler uses science fiction to confront the brutal past of slavery.