History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

HAP 89 - Separate but Unequal - E. Franklin Frazier

Sociologist E. Franklin Frazier critiques the Harlem Renaissance and the “black bourgeoisie” for failing to embrace values that will empower black Americans.

HAP 88 - The Surreal Deal - Aimé and Suzanne Césaire

Negritude thinkers Aimé and Suzanne Césaire embrace surrealism and reflect on the relationships between poetry, knowledge, and identity.

HAP 87 - Call It Intuition - Leopold Senghor

Leopold Senghor compares different ways of knowing while developing his theory of Negritude and combining the roles of poet and politician.  

HAP 86 - French Connection - The Negritude Movement

Our first look at the emergence of the Negritude movement in Paris in the 1930s, with a focus on the early leadership of the Nardal sisters and Leon Damas.

HAP 85 - Liam Kofi Bright on Du Bois‘ Philosophy of Science

Guest Liam Kofi Bright discusses Du Bois' ideal of value-free science and the place of science within his wider thought.

HAP 84 - Live Long and Protest - W.E.B. Du Bois, 1920-1963

Du Bois moves to the left, and revisits and refines older positions during the latter half of his very long life.

HAP 83 - Songs of the People - Paul Robeson and the Negro Spiritual

The career of the multi-talented activist and performer Paul Robeson, and the place of the Negro spiritual in the Harlem Renaissance.

HAP 82 - The Florida Project - Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston’s interest in Africana folklore feeds into her great novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.

HAP 81 - Making History - Carter G. Woodson

Pioneering historian Carter G. Woodson argues for a new approach to education and economic uplift.

HAP 80 - Scholarly Contributions - African American Professional Philosophers

From the latter half of the nineteenth century to the 1970s, African Americans only rarely obtain jobs as philosophy professors but bring distinctive perspectives to the profession.