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Critical Phenomenology’s “Critique” in a Time of Polycrisis

Can critiques of lived experience transform the world? In recent years, proponents of “critical phenomenology” (e.g., Salamon 2018, Weiss et al. 2020) have articulated...
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Considering Black Intelligibility and Generosity Through Mills and Wilderson

In his 2017 conversations with Tiffany Lethabo King, published in the collection Otherwise Worlds as “Staying Ready for Black Study,” Frank Wilderson sets a...
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How the Militarization of Police Sows Community Distrust and Political Unrest: A Case Study...

State-sanctioned violence has been a prominent subject of critical discussion in the writings of many, if not the majority, of Black philosophers. Likewise, for...
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Richard T. Greener and the Abolitionist Moment in American Philosophy

On the first anniversary of the hanging of John Brown, December 3, 1860, abolitionists from Boston and around the country assembled in Tremont Temple...
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The Caribbean Philosophical Association’s 2025 Award Winners

The Caribbean Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the recipients of the Frantz Fanon, Nicolas Guillén, Stuart Hall, Claudia Jones, and Anna Julia Cooper...
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Some Thoughts on the Work of Africana Philosopher Mukasa Mubirumusoke

I offer here some thoughts on the work of the young Africana philosopher Mukasa Mubirumusoke. His writings include his monograph Black Hospitality: A Theoretical...
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Epistemic Solidarity and Deference: Necessities and Limitations

In her concession speech, Vice President Kamala Harris invoked one of the principles of solidarity when she encouraged Americans to continue fighting for the...
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Blame and Dread

The capacity for the practice of blaming roots itself deep in the core of the human condition. “Core” here should be understood as, in...
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Remarks Upon Receiving the Frantz Fanon Lifetime Achievement Award

Note from the editors: These remarks were composed by Dr. Marcos in Spanish and delivered at the awards ceremony of the Caribbean Philosophical Association’s...
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Remembering Robert L. Allen

This past July, Robert L. Allen passed away at 82. As an undergraduate student, Allen had a very large impact on me. I took...
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