Adding philosophical depth to anything and everything
Social recognition among individuals and groups is what keeps together communities. Without it, struggles for justice and freedom are impossible. All struggles for justice include the struggle for the authority and power to claim recognition. Excerpt from the book, Rethinking Misrecognition and Struggles for Recognition: Critical Theory Beyond Honneth. Used […]
Read more
Frantz Fanon on Being Black “I am black; I am in total fusion with the world, in sympathetic affinity with the earth, losing my id in the heart of the cosmos — and the white man, however intelligent he may be, is incapable of understanding Louis Armstrong or songs from […]
Read more
This article has two purposes: to share a decent story and to talk about disrespect for indigenous traditions. First, here is the story of the two wolves: You may have heard the story before because it has made the e-mail rounds several times over the years. In many e-mails and […]
Read moreWant a Place in the Sun? “If you want a place in the sun, you must leave the shade of the family tree.” – Osage proverb.
Read more