Alain Locke Society at World Congress, Athens
The Alain Locke Society is a member of FISP (International Federation of Philosophical Societies, www.fisp.org). The society will sponsor a Session at the 23rd World Congress of Philosophy, Athens, 4-10, 2013. The two themes for our "Member Session" are listed below (A,B,C,D), drawn from the book Philosophic Values and World Citizenship, J. A. Carter, L. Harris, eds. or "Insurrectionist Ethics," L. Harris. A. World Citizenship (Themes: Cosmopolitanism, Multiculturalism,, Ethnic and Racial Conflict, Democracy vs Racism; Pluralism - three papers) B. Values (Themes: Moral Imperatives for … [Read More...]
Alain Locke entry added to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Alain LeRoy Locke By Jacoby Adeshei Carter Alain LeRoy Locke is heralded as the “Father of the Harlem Renaissance” for his publication in 1925 of The New Negro—an anthology of poetry, essays, plays, music and portraiture by white and black artists. Locke is best known as a theorist, critic, and interpreter of African-American literature and art. He was also a creative and systematic philosopher who developed theories of value, pluralism and cultural relativism that informed and were … [Read More...]
CFP: The Inter – American Journal of Philosophy Special Edition
The Inter - American Journal of Philosophy Special Edition - 2012 The 1812 Constitution of Cádiz and Its Influence in the Americas Call for Papers This year marks the 200th anniversary of the 1812 Constitution of Cádiz a document which has greatly influenced the development of constitutional rights, representative government, political conceptions of equality, and instituted notions of political participation throughout the Americas. The 1812 Constitution of Cádiz is credited by … [Read More...]
UNESCO: PHILOSOPHICAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN AFRICA AND THE AMERICAS
UNESCO WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR FOR PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT “AFRICA AND ITS DIASPORA” Get the full report [pdf 1.2 mb] 18-20 April 2011 PURDUE UNIVERSITY, USA Conference languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish Alain L. Locke Society, coordination, Alainlocke.com Leonard Harris, Ph.D. lharrisconferences@purdue.edu Register at: www.conf.purdue.edu/pdaa The conference will bring together philosophers from throughout Africa, the African … [Read More...]
Locke’s Philosophy: Philosophic Values and World Citizenship
"Philosophic Values and World Citizenship is a Sankofan knockout to the all too common conversations in American philosophy that continue to overlook the significance of Alain Locke in pragmatism, preferring instead the stolid rhetoric of canonical figures—like John Dewey or Josiah Royce—who held incomplete (racially excluding) democratic visions. Carter and Harris have compiled an array of primary texts and secondary reflections that demonstrate the innovative foresight and conceptual … [Read More...]
Alain Locke’s Haiti Lectures in French
LE ROLE DU NEGRE DANS LA CULTURE DES AMÉRIQUES Alain LEROY LOCKE Présentation d’Anthony MANGEON Mangeon provides for the first time Locke's six lectures on Haiti, translated and published in French. In addition, he translated into French Locke's: “American literary tradition and the Negro” (1926), “The Negro in American Culture” (1939) and “Color : Unfinished business of Democracy” (1942). It also comes with biographical and bibliographical notes on (almost) everyone quoted … [Read More...]
New Book: Alain Locke Biography
View Cover Endorsements by Appiah, Rampersad, and West Order Today from University of Chicago Press Leonard Harris and Charles Molesworth Alain L. Locke: The Biography of a Philosopher 448 pages, 21 halftones 6 x 9 © 2008 Philosophy professor Harris and English professor Molesworth fuse disciplines in this groundbreaking study of Locke (1885–1954), the preeminent African-American aesthetician and philosopher in the years between WWI and WWII, most familiar as the editor of the … [Read More...]
