History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

HAP 99 - American Nightmare - Malcolm X

The life and career of Malcolm X up to 1963, with a focus on his separatist black nationalism and his critique of non-violent protest.

HAP 98 - Meena Krishnamurthy on Martin Luther King Jr

An interview about the role of the emotions, including anger and feelings of dignity, with MLK expert Meena Krishnamurthy.

HAP 97 - American Dream - Martin Luther King Jr.

The story of Martin Luther King Jr. up to 1963, focusing on the development of his philosophy of nonviolence.

HAP 96 - A Lover’s War - James Baldwin

In "The Fire Next Time" and other writings, the essayist and novelist James Baldwin seeks to dispel the illusions surrounding racial and sexual difference.

HAP 95 - Black and Blue - Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison provides a new metaphor for the experience of racism in his Invisible Man and tackles topics of art and identity in his essays.

HAP 94 - How Did You Happen? - Richard Wright

Famous for his incendiary novel Native Son, Richard Wright responds in his multifaceted writings to sociology, communism, colonialism, and existentialism.

HAP 93 - Carole Boyce Davies on Claudia Jones

Interview guest Carole Boyce Davies joins us to talk about the radical ideas of Claudia Jones. 

HAP 92 - Half the World - Claudia Jones

Claudia Jones argues that Communism provides the remedy for racism and imperialism.

HAP 91 - Massa Day Done - Oliver Cox and Eric Williams

Two Trinidadian political thinkers: sociologist Oliver Cox analyzes the nature of racial prejudice, and historian Eric Williams connects capitalism to slavery.

HAP 90 - Move Fast and Break Things - C.L.R. James

The Trinidadian historian and cultural critic C.L.R. James applies Marxist analysis to the Haitian Revolution, American cinema, and Shakespeare.