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Book SynopsisImportant writings on cultural pluralism, value relativism, and critical relativism
Trade Review"An especially timely book in its constant emphasis on the deep connection between the ethical/political and the metaphysical/epistemological spheres of philosophy and indeed 'real life.'"—
Radical Philosophy Review of Books"There is absolutely no doubt that this book is a very useful addition to the corpus of work in Afro American—indeed, in American—philosophy. Locke's unpublished work on the question of value reveals a good deal about the ways in which American philosophers approached questions of value in the mid-century, before logical positivism had had its major impact on American thought; and his contributions to the issue of cultural pluralism are historically important and still influential."—
Anthony Appiah, Cornell University
"A challenging book. It forces the reader to cross interdisciplinary boundaries that are not often transgressed."
—Ethics
Table of Contents Introduction
Rendering the Text – Leonard Harris
Part I: Epistemological Foundations
1. Values and Imperatives
2. Pluralism and Intellectual Democracy
3. Cultural Relativism and Ideological Peace
4. A Functional View of Value Ultimates
5. Pluralism and Ideological Peace
6. Good Reading
7. Value
Part II: Valuation: Commentaries and Reviews
8. The Orientation of Hope
9. Unity through Diversity
10. Santayana
11. Moral Imperatives for World Order
12. Philosophy Alive
13. Values That Matter
Part III: Identity and Plurality
14. The Problem of Race Classification
5. The Ethics of Culture
16. The Concept of Race as Applied to Social Culture
17. The Contribution of Race to Culture
18. Who and What Is "Negro"?
19. Frontiers of Culture
Part IV: Identity and Education
20. Negro Education Bids for Par
21. Negro Needs as Adult Education Opportunities
22. The Need for a New Organon in Education
An Interpretation
Rendering the Subtext: Subterranean Deconstructive Project – Leonard Harris
Chronology
Bibliography
Index
