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  • American Nightmare

    Facing the Challenge of Fascism

    by Henry A. Giroux ...
    Series series City Lights Open Media
    Henry Giroux’s message and influence have never been stronger. He saw Trump coming and sounded the alarm far in advance. That perspective was presented in his previous book from last year, America at War with Itself, which Robin D.G. Kelley has aptly referred to as a prescient work, as it assessed the threat Trump posed as real, racist, and authoritarian. Given the current political crisis we find ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Backlash

    What Happens When We Talk Honestly about Racism in America

    by George Yancy ...
    When George Yancy penned a New York Times op-ed entitled “Dear White America” asking white Americans to confront the ways that they benefit from racism, he knew his article would be controversial. But he was unprepared for the flood of vitriol in response.The resulting blowback played out in the national media, with critics attacking Yancy in every form possible—including death threats—and ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • Violence

    Humans in Dark Times

    by Brad Evans, Natasha Lennard, Simon Critchley, George Yancy, Zygmunt Bauman, Adrian Parr, Henry A. Giroux, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Nicholas Mirzoeff, Simona Forti, Bracha L. Ettinger, Cary Wolfe, Richard J. Bernstein, Moira Weigel, Oliver Stone, Alfredo Jaar, Tom McCarthy, John Akomfrah, David Theo Goldberg, Christopher Alden, Jake Chapman, Brian Massumi, Elaine Scarry, Erin Manning, Michael J. Shapiro, Allen Feldman, Mickey Mod, Jack Halberstram, Gottfried Heinwein, Neo Muyanaga ...
    Series series City Lights Open Media
    Through a series of penetrating conversations originally published in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Review of Books, Brad Evans and Natasha Lennard talk with a wide range of cutting edge thinkers--including Oliver Stone, Simon Critchley, and Elaine Scarry--to explore the problem of violence in everyday life, politics, culture, media, language, memory, and the environment. "To bring out ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Open Casket

    Philosophical Meditations on the Lynching of Emmett Till

    Edited by George Yancy, A. Todd Franklin ...
    Open Casket brings political and philosophical clarity to bear on the brutal murder of Emmitt Till and his mother's decision to show the world her son's body.The open casket is a central motif, a political and ethical focal point, for thinking about Mamie Till-Mobley's pain and suffering and her profound act of truth-tellingas she wanted the world to bear witness to the gratuitous, despicable, and ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Until Our Lungs Give Out

    Conversations on Race, Justice, and the Future

    by George Yancy ...
    A 2023 Library Journal Best Social Sciences TitleFrom Library Journal's Starred Review: "All readers stand to learn something from this compelling book."Award-winning author, scholar, and social visionary George Yancy brings together the greatest minds of our time to speak truth to power and welcome everyone into a conversation about the pursuit of... ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Reverend Dr. Thomas Nelson Baker

    Philosopher Born Enslaved

    by Linda Batty ...
    From slave to Doctor of Philosophy to preacher, Thomas Nelson Baker exemplifies the struggles and rewards of becoming and being an educated Black man in Jim Crow America. His biography is both a lesson in history and a source of inspiration.The Rev. Dr. Thomas Nelson Baker was the first known African American to receive a Ph.D. in Philosophy in the United States. Born a slave in 1860 in Eastville, ... Read more

    $97.99 USD

  • Educating for Critical Consciousness

    Edited by George Yancy ...
    Series series Critical Social Thought
    In this politically and democratically urgent collection, George Yancy and contributors argue that more than ever, we are in need of classrooms that function "dangerously"—that is, classrooms where people are not afraid to engage in critical discussions that call into question difficult political times. Collectively they demonstrate the ways activist authors and scholars must be prepared to engage ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Black Bodies, White Gazes

    The Continuing Significance of Race in America

    by George Yancy ...
    George Yancy's third edition of Black Bodies, White Gazes applies a clear and dynamic phenomenological framework of race to the history and most recent headlines in social justice and race relations. Including coverage of police murders and brutality against Black Americans and the rise of white nationalism, this is a timeless introduction to the philosophy of race.The third edition features new ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • In Sheep's Clothing

    The Idolatry of White Christian Nationalism

    Edited by George Yancy, Bill Bywater ...
    From Megyn Kelly's claim that Jesus is white to former President Trump's claim that he is the “chosen one” or the “King of Israel,” there is serious trouble in paradise. Contemporary manifestations of white Christian nationalism are deeply entangled in political issues from women’s political rights over their own bodies to the rejection of Critical Race Theory (CRT). Carrying Christian signs and ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • The Philosophical I

    Personal Reflections on Life in Philosophy

    by Nicholas Rescher, Sandra Harding, Douglas Kellner, Nancey Murphy, Joseph Margolis, Richard Shusterman, Bat-Ami Bar On, John J. Stuhr, Thomas E. Wartenberg, Linda Martín Alcoff, Lorraine Code, John Lachs, Paul C. Taylor, Charles W. Mills, Nancy Tuana ...
    Philosophy is shaped by life and life is shaped by philosophy. This is reflected in The Philosophical I, a collection of 16 autobiographical essays by prominent philosophers. Candid and philosophically insightful, these personal narratives critically call into question the belief that philosophy should be kept separate from the personal experience of philosophers. Each contributor traces the ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Black Men from behind the Veil

    Ontological Interrogations

    by Semassa Boko, Clevis Headley, Sterlin Mosley, Reiland Rabaka, Joseph Smith, A. Todd Franklin, Timothy J. Golden, William David Hart, John H. McClendon III, Aaron X. Smith, George Yancy1, Houston A. Baker, Jr.2, Tommy J. Curry3, Arnold L. Farr4, Floyd W. Hayes, III5, Linden F. Lewis6, Josiah Ulysses Young7 ...
    Series series Philosophy of Race
    The Black male scholars within this important book are painfully aware that the brutal murder of George Floyd was not due to a few "bad apples." They understand that they are perceived as "threats" and "criminals" within a distorted white imaginary that is embedded with processes of mythopoetic construction, racial capitalism, and a deep anti-Black male social ontology. Edited by prominent ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • The Logic of Racial Practice

    Explorations in the Habituation of Racism

    by Brock Bahler, Sarah Adeyinka-Skold, Erin Beeghly, Dan Flory, Autumn Redcross, Nora Tsou, Katie Tullmann, Alison Bailey, Jessie K. Finch, James B. Haile III1 ...
    Series series Philosophy of Race
    The title of this collection, The Logic of Racial Practice, pays homage to the work of Pierre Bourdieu, who coined the term habitus to name the pretheoretical, embodied dispositions that orient our social interactions and meaningfully frame our lived experience. The language of habit uniquely accounts for not only how we are unreflectively conditioned by our social environments but also how we ... Read more

    $32.99 USD