Lewis Gordon b. 1962
Lewis Gordon (born 1962) is a Jamaican-American philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Postcolonial Philosophy and Phenomenology.
Lewis Gordon is a Jamaican-American philosopher, professor at the University of Connecticut, and one of the most important figures in contemporary Africana philosophy, black existentialism, and phenomenology. Bad Faith and Antiblack Racism reread Sartrean bad faith through the experience of antiblack racism, while Existentia Africana and An Introduction to Africana Philosophy have provided the most systematic introduction available to the philosophical traditions emerging from the African diaspora. His more recent Disciplinary Decadence and Fear of Black Consciousness have extended his concerns to the methodology of philosophy and the politics of race in the present moment.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Jamaican-American
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Postcolonial Philosophy, Phenomenology
Selected quotes
-
Attributed to Lewis Gordon:
“Bad faith is the flight from one's freedom and from one's responsibility for others.”
-
Attributed to Lewis Gordon:
“Disciplinary decadence is the elevation of method over the search for truth.”
-
Attributed to Lewis Gordon:
“To philosophize from below is to philosophize from where the world denies one is allowed to begin.”
-
Attributed to Lewis Gordon:
“Africana philosophy is a philosophy of liberation born in the work of being human under conditions designed against it.”
-
Attributed to Lewis Gordon:
“Reason is not white; reason is the property of every being who claims it.”
Frequently asked about Lewis Gordon
- When was Lewis Gordon born?
- Lewis Gordon was born in 1962.
- Where was Lewis Gordon from?
- Lewis Gordon is a Jamaican-American philosopher of the Contemporary era.
- What philosophical movements is Lewis Gordon associated with?
- Lewis Gordon is associated with Postcolonial Philosophy and Phenomenology.
- What is Lewis Gordon known for?
- Lewis Gordon is a Jamaican-American philosopher, professor at the University of Connecticut, and one of the most important figures in contemporary Africana philosophy, black existentialism, and phenomenology.
- How many quotes are attributed to Lewis Gordon?
- There are 15 attributed quotations from Lewis Gordon in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.