Critical Pragmatism of Alain Locke

Leonard Harris is professor of philosophy and director of the African American Studies and Research Center at Purdue University. Among his numerous books are The Philosophy of Alain Locke: Harlem Renaissance and Beyond, Philosophy Born of Struggle: An Anthology of Afro-American Philosophy from 1917, and most recently The Conception of Racism.

• Part 1 Part I: Critical Pragmatism and Value TheoryChapter 2 Another Pragmatism: Alain Locke, Critical "Race" Theory, and the Politics of CultureChapter 3 Struggling with Stereotypes: The Problems of Representing a Collective IdentityChapter 4 Values and Language: Toward a Theory of Translation for Alain LockeChapter 5 African Art and the Harlem Renaissance: Alain Locke, Melville Herskovits, Roger Fry, Albert C. BarnesChapter 6 Alain Lockes' Multicultural Philosophy of Value: A Transformative Guide for the Twenty-First CenturyPart 7 Part II: AestheticsChapter 8 Pragmatist Aesthetics: Roots and RadicalismChapter 9 Alain Locke, Essentialism, and the Notion of a Black AestheticChapter 10 Aesthetics and the Issue of IdentityChapter 11 Open-Textured Aesthetic Boundaries: Matters of Art, Race, and CulturePart 12 Part III: Community and CultureChapter 13 Two Lockes, Two Keys: Tolerance and Reciprocity in a Culture of DemocracyChapter 14 Alain Locke and Walt Whitman: Manifestos and National IdentityChapter 15 Alain Locke: Philosophical "Midwife" of the Harlem RenaissanceChapter 16 Alain Locke: A Sociocultural Conception of RaceChapter 17 Instrumental Relativism and Cultivated Pluralism: Alain Locke and Philosophy's Quest for a Common WorldPart 18 Part IV: Edification and EducationChapter 19 Adult Education and Democratic Values: Alain Locke on the Nature and Purpose of Adult Education for African AmericansChapter 20 Alain Locke and His Contributions to Black StudiesChapter 21 Andragogy and the Education of African American AdultsChapter 22 Alain Locke: A Paradigm for Transformative Education—Addressing the Relationship of Knowledge to Social ConcernsPart 23 Part V: Paradoxes, Dilemmas, and CritiquesChapter 24 Values, Imperatives, and the Imperative of Democratic ValuesChapter 25 Meaning in an Epistemic SystemChapter 26 Alain Locke: Critical Relativism and Multicultural EducationPart 27 Part VI: PostscriptChapter 28 Alain Locke Remembered

A valuable anthology suitable for those interested in the serious study of pragmatism or Alain Locke.