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Lewis R. Gordon
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Philosopher, musician, chef

Lewis Ricardo Gordon is an American philosopher at the University of Connecticut who works in the areas of Africana philosophy, existentialism, phenomenology, social and political theory, postcolonial thought, theories of race and racism, philosophies of liberation, aesthetics, philosophy of education, and philosophy of religion. He has written particularly extensively on Africana and black existentialism, postcolonial phenomenology, race and racism, and on the works and thought of W. E. B. Du Bois and Frantz Fanon. His most recent book is titled: Fear of Black Consciousness. .. more

Political science 29%
Sociology 25%

On #DuBois: Just had a conversation with a colleague that led to some discussion of this lecture from 13 years ago.
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Dr. Lewis Gordon, W.E.B. Du Bois Symposium,
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The #GOP is now a party that is against #republicanism (no one being above the law) and #democracy (power of the people, in the meaning of "all" or at least "majority").

Viewed the livestream ceremony while abroad. Congratulations, #PagetHenry!
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#HannahArendt Center's 17th Annual conference. Topic this year: Joy: Loving the World in Dark Times.
#Arendt
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Joy: Loving the World in Dark Times (Day 1)
YouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College
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#D'Angelo (February 11, 1974 – October 14, 2025)
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#CriticalThinking. Although ignoring the 2000 years of critical thinking in Africa (e.g., in Kemet--see, e.g., the Sekhti-nefer-medu ["The Eloquent Peasant"] ) that preceded the Greeks , the basic insight of this PhiloNautica post is on point.

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How We Ended Up Raising the Stupidest Generation
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An unfortunately still relevant essay: "The Problem With Affirmative Action" truthout.org/articles/the...
The Problem With Affirmative Action
(Photo: _Davo_) Henry Louis Gates Jr., the famed African-American literary scholar and director of the Du Bois Institute at Harvard University, recently reflected the following in an interview on…
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Sri Aurobindo, among other philosophers, argued this more than a century ago, Still, it's great to see the science coming to this realization. #HumanEvolutionaryTransition
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Humans Are In The Middle Of "A Great Evolutionary Transition", New Paper Claims
From above, we all look like ants.
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Great presentation of the remarkable story of #ThomasPeters
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The Founding Father They Don't Teach You About
YouTube video by PBS Origins
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A voice of reason regarding ignorance, lunacy, and malfeasance.
On #RFKJr
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Christopher Hitchens Annihilates RFK Jr.
YouTube video by Christopher Hitchens Resurrected
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Worth listening. Addresses the cognitive and affective dangers--from delusional folly to tragedy from its sycophantry--of #ChatGPT and some of the legal implications unfolding.
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Trapped in a ChatGPT Spiral
YouTube video by New York Times Podcasts
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#BadFaithAndAntiblackRacism's 30th Anniversary Edition scheduled for publication next month. Foreword by Mabogo P. More. Afterwords by Jacqueline M. Martinez and Paget Henry.
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Bad Faith and Antiblack Racism
In this contemporary classic, Lewis Gordon presents his iconic, detailed existential phenomenological investigation of antiblack racism as a form of Sartrean ba…
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30th Anniversary Edition scheduled for publication next month. Foreword by Mabogo P. More. Afterwords by Jacqueline M. Martinez and Paget Henry.
www.bloomsbury.com/us/bad-faith...
Bad Faith and Antiblack Racism
In this contemporary classic, Lewis Gordon presents his iconic, detailed existential phenomenological investigation of antiblack racism as a form of Sartrean ba…
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#philsky (Thank you @lewgord.bsky.social)

LR Gordon, "From Crises of European Man to Humanity’s Crises, from Large-Scale Narcissism to Realities of Living on a Smaller Planet "
Just click the blue link.
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From Crises of European Man to Humanity’s Crises, from Large-Scale Narcissism to Realities of Living on a Smaller Planet | Journal of World Philosophies
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Seriously cool album cover
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Recent issue of JOURNAL OF WORLD PHILOSOPHIES features articles on African phenomenologies of existence and crises
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Journal of World Philosophies
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Amid Rising Fascism, the Left Looks for Action. It Should Also Ask Questions. truthout.org/articles/ami...
Amid Rising Fascism, the Left Looks for Action. It Should Also Ask Questions.
There’s no cookie-cutter solution to confronting fascism; action must be grounded in analysis, says Robin D. G. Kelley.
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As a Medical Student in Gaza, I Studied Malnutrition. Now It’s All Around Me. truthout.org/articles/as-...
As a Medical Student in Gaza, I Studied Malnutrition. Now It’s All Around Me.
Before the genocide, malnutrition was a rare diagnosis. Now more than 2 million Gazans are forced to survive on nothing.
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Frantz Maguerite Victor #Fanon was born on 20 July 2025. Today is the 100th anniversary of his birth. His aliases included IIbrahim (father of many or a nation) and Omar (flourishing or long-life). He died at age 36. His ideas live on.