Lewis Ricardo Gordon is an American philosopher, born in 1962, at the University of Connecticut who works in 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 extensively on Africana and Black existentialism and postcolonial phenomenology, and on the works and thought of W.E.B. Du Bois and Frantz Fanon.
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Defining MomentFounding postcolonial phenomenology (also called Africana or de-colonial phenomenology) through a series of innovations on Husserlian and Sartrean phenomenology, developed from Fanon and the Crisis of European Man (1995) onward. 1 Notable PublicationExistentia Africana: Understanding Africana Existential Thought (2000) 1 Office HeldProfessor of Philosophy and Africana Studies, University of Connecticut at Storrs, with affiliations in Judaic Studies and Caribbean, Latino/a and Latin American Studies 1 TraditionAfricana philosophy, black existentialism and postcolonial phenomenology, which he helped found 1 Tradition
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Lewis Ricardo Gordon (born May 12, 1962) 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.
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Lewis Ricardo Gordon (born May 12, 1962) 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.
Black existentialism, paragraph 6
Gordon's place in this area of thought was solidified in 2000 with the publication of his book Existentia Africana: Understanding Africana Existential Thought.
Phenomenology and colonialism, paragraph 1
Gordon is also known as the founder of postcolonial phenomenology and the leading proponent of Africana phenomenology which has enabled him to make a mark in Fanon Studies.
Introduction, opening sentence (tradition)
Lewis Ricardo Gordon (born May 12, 1962) 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.
Career, paragraph 1
He is currently professor of Philosophy and Africana Studies, with affiliations in Judaic Studies and the Caribbean, Latino/a, and Latin American Studies, at the University of Connecticut at Storrs.
Introduction, opening sentence (birth date)
Lewis Ricardo Gordon (born May 12, 1962) 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.
Associated With: Existentialism, Theology and history-ethics, paragraph 2
He argues that black existential philosophy addresses many of the same themes of European existentialism but with some key differences.
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Lewis Ricardo Gordon (born May 12, 1962) 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.
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Lewis Ricardo Gordon (born May 12, 1962) 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.
In Branch: Philosophy of Education, Lead
Lewis Ricardo Gordon (born May 12, 1962) 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.
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