The Philosophy of Alain Locke: Harlem Renaissance and Beyond - Hardcover

Locke, Alain Leroy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0877225842 ISBN 13: 9780877225843

Publisher: Temple Univ Pr, 1989

Synopsis

Discusses Locke's life and views and their impact on American philosophy, as well as his role in the Harlem Renaissance

About this title

From the Publisher:

Important writings on cultural pluralism, value relativism, and critical relativism

From the Inside Flap:

"An especially timely book in its constant emphasis on the deep connection between the ethical/political and the metaphysical/epistemological spheres of philosophy and indeed 'real life.'"
—Radical Philosophy Review of Books

"There is absolutely no doubt that this book is a very useful addition to the corpus of work in Afro American—indeed, in American—philosophy. Locke's unpublished work on the question of value reveals a good deal about the ways in which American philosophers approached questions of value in the mid-century, before logical positivism had had its major impact on American thought; and his contributions to the issue of cultural pluralism are historically important and still influential."
—Anthony Appiah, Cornell University

"A challenging book. It forces the reader to cross interdisciplinary boundaries that are not often transgressed."
—Ethics

"It is the first volume to anthologize the specifically philosophical writings of an Afro-American savant who is virtually unknown as a philosopher. It thereby introduces us to a new Alain Locke. And this occurs at a time when a number of younger Afro-American philosophers have become increasingly curious about their ancient sage."
—Quest: An African Journal of Philosophy

About this edition

• Publisher: Temple Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0877225842
• ISBN 13: 9780877225843
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 332
• Editor: Harris Leonard