Postmodern Racial Dialectics

Richard A. Jones taught philosophy at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He served as Co-Coordinator of the Radical Philosophy Association and was an associate editor of the Radical Philosophy Review. Jones is also the author of The Black Book: Wittgenstein and Race.

An illuminating examination of the global race and class struggle, Postmodern Racial Dialectics pinpoints fundamental truths about systemic injustices thatdefine modern society. Recognizing the tensions in the Black American experience between racial oppression and economic privilege, Jones explores philosophical theories, artistic visions, and political ideologies that could lead to the realization of equality and liberation of the human spirit. Postmodern Racial Dialectics offers a unique approach to understanding structural racism and a wealth of revolutionary ideas on ‘reclaiming human destiny.’

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPhilosophy For Us By Us: Philosophy FUBUThe Value of Academic Philosophy for Black FolksDiseases of the ImaginationThe Politics of Black UtopiaProlegomena to Any Future Moral PhilosophyHorrorism in the Theater of CrueltyThe Technology of Immortality, the Soul, and Human IdentityRacial AuthenticityPostmodern RevolutionsIndex