The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Race provides up-to-date explanation and analyses by leading scholars in African American philosophy and philosophy of race. Fifty-one original essays cover major topics from intellectual history to contemporary social controversies in this emerging philosophical subfield that supports demographic inclusion and emphasizes cultural relevance.

• Contributors


• Editor's Introduction to the volume


• Section I. Ideas of Race in the History of Modern Philosophy


• Editor's Introduction to Section I.


• Chapter 1. John Locke, Racism, Slavery, and Indian Lands William Uzgalis


• Chapter 2. David Hume on Race Aaron Garrett and Silvia Sebastiani


• Chapter 3. Kantian Racism and Kantian Teleology Bernard Boxill


• Chapter 4. Nietzsche as a Philosopher of Racialized Breeding Robert Bernasconi


• Chapter 5. Philosophy and the Racial Contract Charles W. Mills


• Section II. Pluralistic Ideas of Race


• Editor's Introduction to Section II.


• Chapter 6. "Race" in 18th and 19th Century Discourse by Africans in the Diaspora Albert G. Mosely


• Chapter 7. Indigeneity and US Settler Colonialism Kyle Powys Whyte


• Chapter 8. A Critical Transnational Perspective to Asian America Yen le Espiritu


• Chapter 9. Rights and Identity in Latin American Philosophy Susana Nuccetelli


• Chapter 10. Looking for Alain Locke Leonard Harris


• Section III. Metaphysics and Philosophy of Science


• Editor's Introduction to Section IIII.


• Chapter 11. Race, Definition, and Science Albert Atkin


• Chapter 12. Minimalist Biological race Michael O. Hardimon


• Chapter 13. Biological Anthropology, Population Genetics, and Race John H. Relethford


• Chapter 14. A Metatheory of Race Josh Glasgow


• Chapter 15. Race and Ethnicity Jorge J.E. Gracia


• IV. American Philosophy and Ideas of Race


• Editor's Introduction to Section IV.


• Chapter 16. Between Reconstruction and Elimination: Alain Locke's Philosophy of Race Jacoby Adeshei Carter


• Chapter 17. Du Bois, Appiah, and Outlaw on Racial Identity Chike Jeffers


• Chapter 18. Cornel West, American Pragmatism, and the Post-Obama Racial/Social Dynamics Clarence Sholé Johnson


• Chapter 19. Insurrectionist Ethics and Racism Lee A. McBride III


• Chapter 20. History of African American Political Thought and Anti-Racist Critical Theory Robert Gooding-Williams


• V. Continental Philosophy and Race


• Editor's Introduction to Section V.


• Chapter 21 Hegel, History, and Race Rocío Zambrana


• Chapter 22. Exploring the Matter of Race: A Materialist Philosophical Inquiry Stephen C. Ferguson, II


• Chapter 23. Race and Existentialism: The Dialectic from Mailer's "The White Negro" to Memmi's Racism Jonathan Judaken


• Chapter 24. From Scientific Racism to Neoliberal Biopolitics: A Use of Foucault's Toolkit Ladelle McWhorter


• Chapter 25. Phenomenology and Race Lewis Gordon


• VI. Racism and Neo-Racisms


• Editor's Introduction to Section VI.


• Chapter 26. The Quartet in the Political Persona of Ida B. Wells Joy James


• Chapter 27. To Be Black Excess and Non-Recyclable Janine Jones


• Chapter 28. White Privilege Shannon Sullivan


• Chapter 29. Racialization of Muslim in the Post-9/11 United States Falguni Sheth


• Chapter 30. State Racism, State Violence, and Vulnerable Solidarity Myisha Cherry


• VII. Social Construction and Racial Identities


• Editor's Introduction to Section VII.


• Chapter 31. Black American Social Identity and Its Blackness Lionel K. McPherson


• Chapter 32. How Mixed Race Is Not Constructed Naomi Zack


• Chapter 33. Racial Identity, Racial Ontology, and Racial Norms Ron Mallon


• Chapter 34. Is it Moral to Hold a Racial Identity?: A Cosmopolitan Response Jason D. Hill


• Chapter 35. Effortful Agon: Learning to Think and Feel Differently about Race Jacqueline Scott


• VIII. Contemporary Social Issues: Education, Health, Medicine, and Sports


• Editor's Introduction to Section VIII.


• Chapter 36. Racial Profiling and the Political Philosophy of Race Annabelle Lever


• Chapter 37. Race and K-12 Education Lawrence Blum


• Chapter 38. Race in the Biomedical Sciences Michael Root


• Chapter 39. Race, Health Disparities, Incarceration, and Structural Inequality Laurie Shrage


• Chapter 40. Intelligence, Race, and Psychological Testing Mark Alfano, LaTasha Holden, and Andrew Conway


• Chapter 41. 'Race' to the Finish Line: African Americans, Sports, and the Color Line John H. McClendon III


• IX. Public Policy, Political Philosophy, and Law


• Editor's Introduction to Section IX.


• Chapter 42. Reparations for Slavery and Jim Crow, Its Assumptions and Implications David Lyons


• Chapter 43. Race, Rectification, and Apology Rodney C. Roberts


• Chapter 44. The Concept of Race and Equal Protection Law Tina Botts


• Chapter 45. Affirmative Action for the Future James P. Sterba


• Chapter 46. Ideal, Nonideal, and Empirical Theories of Social Justice Naomi Zack


• X. Feminism, Gender, and Race


• Editor's Introduction to Section X.


• Chapter 47. Ethnological Theories of Race/Sex in 19th Century Black Thought Tommy J. Curry


• Chapter 48. Jefferson's Paradox, or A Very Brief History of Black Women's Sexuality, Hip Hop, and American Culture T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting


• Chapter 49. The Violent Weight of Whiteness: Existential and Psychic Price Paid by Black Male Bodies George Yancy


• Chapter 50. Gender Theory in Philosophy of Race Naomi Zack


• Chapter 51. The Sting of Shame: Ridicule, Rape, and Social Bonds Cynthia Willett


• Index

Naomi Zack received her PhD in Philosophy from Columbia University and is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oregon. Her recent books include White Privilege and Black Rights: The Injustice of US Police Racial Profiling and Homicide (2015), Applicative Justice: An Empirical Pragmatic Approach to Correcting Racial Injustice (2016), and The Ethics and Mores of Race: Equality after the History of Philosophy (2011, 2015).