Unmuted : conversations on prejudice, oppression, and social justice / Myisha Cherry ; foreword by Cornel West.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cherry, Myisha V., author.

West, Cornel, author of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prejudices--Philosophy.

Prejudices.

Oppression (Psychology).

Racism--Philosophy.

Racism.

Social justice--Philosophy.

Social justice.

Philosophers--Interviews.

Philosophers.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xxxvii, 305 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Why do people hate one another? Why do so many people combat prejudice based on their race, sexual orientation, or disability? What does segregation look like today? Many of us ponder and discuss urgent questions such as these at home, and see them debated in the media, the classroom, and our social media feeds, but many of us don't have access to the important new ways philosophers are thinking about these very issues. Enter UnMute, the popular podcast hosted by Myisha Cherry, which hosts a diverse group of philosophers, and explores their cutting-edge work through casual conversation. This book collects 31 of Cherry's lively and timely interviews, offering an accessible resource through which to encounter some of philosophy's most socially and politically engaged, public-facing work. Its original illustrations, depicting the interview subjects up close, show just how broad a range of philosophers - black, white, and brown, male and female, queer and straight, abled and disabled - are at the center of crucial contemporary conversations. Cherry asks philosophers to talk about their ideas in ways that anyone can understand, explaining how they got interseted in philosophy, and why the questions they investigate matter urgently. Along with the interviews, the volume provides a foreword by Cornel West, a section in which all the interviewees explain how they got into philosophy, and a "Say What?" glossary defining terms that might be new to some readers. Like the podcast that inspired it, the book welcomes in those new to these philosophical questions, those captivated by questions of race, class, gender, and other issues and looking for a new lens through which to examine them, and those well versed in public philosophy looking for a one-stop guide"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A revolution of ideas

Meena Krishnamurthy on political distrust

Denise James on political illusions

Lori Gruen on prisons

Jose Mendoza on immigration

Wendy Salkin on informal political representation

Rachel Ann McKinney on police and language

Cassie Herbert on risky speech

Luvell Anderson on slurs and racial humor

Jason Stanley on speech, satire, and public philosophy

Winston Thompson on educational justice

Serene Khader on cross-border feminist solidarity

Joel Michael Reynolds on disability

Elizabeth Barnes on the minority body

Douglas Ficek on Frantz Fanon and black lives matter

Rachel McKinnon on allies and ally culture

Kyle Whyte on indigenous climate justice

Andrea Pitts on resistance to neoliberalism

David Livingstone Smith on dehumanization

Linda Martin Alcoff on the future of whiteness

Chike Jeffers on black thought

Lawrence Blum on teaching race

Tommie Shelby on dark ghettos

David McClean on money and materialism

Vanessa Wills on Marxism today

Nancy Bauer on pornography

John Corvino on homosexuality

Tom Digby on the problem of masculinity

Justin Clardy on love and relationships

Paul C. Taylor on black aesthetics

Amir Jaima on the power of literature

Adrienne Martin on hope.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Cherry, Myisha V., author. Unmuted

ISBN:

9780190906771

0190906774

OCLC:

1055914998