The movement for Black lives : philosophical perspectives / edited Brandon Hogan, by Michael Cholbi, Alex Madva, and Benjamin S. Yost.
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021] |
| Description | x, 304 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online Philosophy |
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| Other author/creator | Cholbi, Michael. |
| Other author/creator | Hogan, Brandon. |
| Other author/creator | Madva, Alex. |
| Other author/creator | Yost, Benjamin S. (Benjamin Schertz) |
| Contents | What "Black Lives Matter" should mean / Brandon Hogan -- "And he ate Jim Crow" : racist ideology as false consciousness / Vanessa Wills -- He never mattered : poor Black males and the dark logic of intersectional invisiblity / Tommy J. Curry -- Reconsidering reparations : the Movement for Black Lives and self-determination / Olúfẹmi O. Táíwò -- The Movement for Black Lives and transitional justice / Colleen Murphy -- Positive propaganda and the pragmatics of protest / Michael Randall Barnes -- Value-based protest slogans : an argument for reorientation / Myisha Cherry -- The Movement for Black Lives and the language of liberation / Ian Olasov -- Can capital punishment survive if Black lives matter? / Michael Cholbi and Alex Madva -- Sentencing leniency for Black offenders / Benjamin S. Yost -- The violence of leadership in Black Lives Matter / Dana Francisco Miranda -- Speaking for, speaking with, and shutting up : models of solidarity and the pragmatcs of truth telling / Mark Norrice Lance -- Sky's the limit : a case study in envisioning real anti-racist utopias / Keyvan Shafei. |
| Abstract | "The Movement for Black Lives (MBL) has gained worldwide visibility as a grassroots social justice movement distinguished by a decentralized, non-hierarchal mode of organization. MBL rose to prominence in part thanks to its protests against police brutality and misconduct directed at black Americans. However, its animating concerns are far broader, calling for a wide range of economic, political, legal, and cultural measures to address what it terms a "war against Black people," as well as the "shared struggle with all oppressed people." Despite the significance of the social, political, and economic goals of MBL, as well as the innovative organizational leadership strategies it employs, MBL has received little sustained philosophical attention. The Movement for Black Lives: Philosophical Perspectives brings philosophical analysis to bear on the aims, strategies, policy positions, and intellectual-historical context of MBL. Leading scholars address the following themes: "Black Lives Matter" as a political speech act, MBL's conception of the value of black lives, the gender dynamics of the Movement, the relation of MBL to other black liberation movements and transitional justice movements, the Movement's new forms of leadership and organization, and the impact of racism on the normative assessment of the criminal justice system. Accordingly, the volume broaches a wide range of pressing issues in the philosophy of language, social and political philosophy, philosophy of race, philosophy of gender, and the philosophy of punishment. It is important reading for students and scholars in the humanities and social sciences interested in race, inequality, and social justice movements"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021011724 |
| ISBN | 9780197507780 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9780197507773 (hb) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
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