Critical Philosophy of Race

Robert Bernasconi is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy and African American Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of two books on Heidegger and one on Sartre, as well as numerous articles in continental philosophy and the history of philosophy, especially as it relates to the history of racism. He has edited a number of volumes of primary source material and he is the editor of three journals: Critical Philosophy of Race, Levinas Studies, and Eco-Ethica.

• Foreword by Linda Martin Alcoff Introduction by Robert Bernasconi Acknowledgments Note on Sources I. What Is Critical Philosophy of Race in the Continental Tradition?Chapter 1. Critical Philosophy of Race II. The Construction of RaceChapter 2. Racialization and the Construction of Religions Chapter 3. The Philosophy of Race in the Nineteenth Century Chapter 4. Racial Science in the Nineteenth Century Chapter 5. The Policing of Race Mixing: The Place of Biopower within the History of Racisms Chapter 6. Crossed Lines in the Racialization Process: Race as a Border Concept III. Black Philosophers Speak OutChapter 7. Ottobah Cugoano's Place in the History of Political Philosophy: Slavery and the Philosophical Canon Chapter 8. A Haitian in Paris: Anténor Firmin as a Philosopher Against Racism Chapter 9.