Lewis R. Gordon
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#CriticalThinking. Although ignoring the 2000 years of critical thinking in Africa (e.g., in Kemet--see, e.g., the Sekhti-nefer-medu ["The Eloquent Peasant"] ) that preceded the Greeks , the basic insight of this PhiloNautica post is on point.
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How We Ended Up Raising the Stupidest Generation
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An unfortunately still relevant essay: "The Problem With Affirmative Action" truthout.org/articles/the...
The Problem With Affirmative Action
(Photo: _Davo_) Henry Louis Gates Jr., the famed African-American literary scholar and director of the Du Bois Institute at Harvard University, recently reflected the following in an interview on…
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Sri Aurobindo, among other philosophers, argued this more than a century ago, Still, it's great to see the science coming to this realization. #HumanEvolutionaryTransition
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Humans Are In The Middle Of "A Great Evolutionary Transition", New Paper Claims
From above, we all look like ants.
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A voice of reason regarding ignorance, lunacy, and malfeasance.
On #RFKJr
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On #RFKJr
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Christopher Hitchens Annihilates RFK Jr.
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Worth listening. Addresses the cognitive and affective dangers--from delusional folly to tragedy from its sycophantry--of #ChatGPT and some of the legal implications unfolding.
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Trapped in a ChatGPT Spiral
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#BadFaithAndAntiblackRacism's 30th Anniversary Edition scheduled for publication next month. Foreword by Mabogo P. More. Afterwords by Jacqueline M. Martinez and Paget Henry.
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Bad Faith and Antiblack Racism
In this contemporary classic, Lewis Gordon presents his iconic, detailed existential phenomenological investigation of antiblack racism as a form of Sartrean ba…
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30th Anniversary Edition scheduled for publication next month. Foreword by Mabogo P. More. Afterwords by Jacqueline M. Martinez and Paget Henry.
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Bad Faith and Antiblack Racism
In this contemporary classic, Lewis Gordon presents his iconic, detailed existential phenomenological investigation of antiblack racism as a form of Sartrean ba…
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Reposted by: Lewis R. Gordon
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What is your favorite Philosophy topic?
#philsky (Thank you @lewgord.bsky.social)
What is your favorite Philosophy topic?
#philsky (Thank you @lewgord.bsky.social)
LR Gordon, "From Crises of European Man to Humanity’s Crises, from Large-Scale Narcissism to Realities of Living on a Smaller Planet "
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From Crises of European Man to Humanity’s Crises, from Large-Scale Narcissism to Realities of Living on a Smaller Planet
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Recent issue of JOURNAL OF WORLD PHILOSOPHIES features articles on African phenomenologies of existence and crises
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Amid Rising Fascism, the Left Looks for Action. It Should Also Ask Questions. truthout.org/articles/ami...
Amid Rising Fascism, the Left Looks for Action. It Should Also Ask Questions.
There’s no cookie-cutter solution to confronting fascism; action must be grounded in analysis, says Robin D. G. Kelley.
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As a Medical Student in Gaza, I Studied Malnutrition. Now It’s All Around Me. truthout.org/articles/as-...
As a Medical Student in Gaza, I Studied Malnutrition. Now It’s All Around Me.
Before the genocide, malnutrition was a rare diagnosis. Now more than 2 million Gazans are forced to survive on nothing.
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Frantz Maguerite Victor #Fanon was born on 20 July 2025. Today is the 100th anniversary of his birth. His aliases included IIbrahim (father of many or a nation) and Omar (flourishing or long-life). He died at age 36. His ideas live on.
What Makes Trump & MAGA So Cruel? A Psychiatrist Explains
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#Fanon #FanonAt100
Fanon's chosen names were Ibrahim (father of many or a nation) and Omar (flourishing or long-life). He confessed to his brother Joby that he would die young. He died at age 36.
His legacy (many) and thought (brilliant) continue to flourish.
Fanon's chosen names were Ibrahim (father of many or a nation) and Omar (flourishing or long-life). He confessed to his brother Joby that he would die young. He died at age 36.
His legacy (many) and thought (brilliant) continue to flourish.
#Fanon #FanonAt100
Frantz Marguerite Victor Fanon (his full name) amounts to "freedom pearl victory fair/just" or "a victorious pearl of freedom and justice"
Frantz Marguerite Victor Fanon (his full name) amounts to "freedom pearl victory fair/just" or "a victorious pearl of freedom and justice"
#Fanon
#FanonAt100
Frantz Marguerite Victor Fanon was born on the 25th of July 1925. "Frantz" means freedom; "Marguerite" means pearl; "victor" speaks for itself; and "Fanon" in Gaelic means "fair," and in Latin is "cloth" worn by the Pope.
#FanonAt100
Frantz Marguerite Victor Fanon was born on the 25th of July 1925. "Frantz" means freedom; "Marguerite" means pearl; "victor" speaks for itself; and "Fanon" in Gaelic means "fair," and in Latin is "cloth" worn by the Pope.
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#FanonAt100
The Caribbean Philosophical Association's annual international conference will take place next week (July 15 - 20) in Martinique, the country of Frantz Fanon's birth.
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#FanonAt100
The Caribbean Philosophical Association's annual international conference will take place next week (July 15 - 20) in Martinique, the country of Frantz Fanon's birth.
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Fanon at One Hundred — The Caribbean Philosophical Association
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#UConnPhilosophy in the News: Mary Gregg (UConn PhD in Philosophy, 2022) is one of this year’s winners of the American Society for Aesthetics’ H. Chayes New Voices Award for her paper “Readings as Redemptive: The Use of Drag Readings to Combat Oppressive De-contextualization.” Brava, Mary!
by Michael P. Lynch — Reposted by: Lewis R. Gordon, Timothy Graham
Democracy and the pursuit of truth are twin values and must be defended together. www.skeptic.com/michael-sher...
Can Politics and Truth Coexist?
New on the podcast: Do any of us really care about truth when it comes to politics? Should we? Michael Patrick Lynch explains. Listen now.
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