#71 Dialectics, Democracy & the Phenomenology of Double Consciousness with Lucius Outlaw Jr.

Send a love messageGiveSupport with a SubscriptionThis episode features esteemed philosopher Lucius Outlaw, professor emeritus of Vanderbilt University. In this thought-provoking conversation, Outlaw shares his remarkable journey from growing up in segregated Mississippi to becoming a respected philosophy professor, closely acquainted with influential figures like Martin Luther King Jr. and Eric Fromm. The discussion weaves through topics like double consciousness, agape love, the philosophy of Hegel, and the transformational power of language. Outlaw also reflects on how shared experiences, dialogue, and love can create a more inclusive, understanding world. Tune in to explore how philosophical insights can shape and nurture community and personal growth.00:00 Introduction to Hermeneutic Justice01:30 Welcome to Love and Philosophy01:39 Lucius Outlaw's Journey02:04 Exploring Double Consciousness03:43 Phenomenology and Du Bois07:49 Challenges in Recording the Episode10:38 Lucius Outlaw's Early Life in Mississippi36:01 Academic Struggles and Determination37:03 Intellectual Growth and Honors Program37:16 Gender Dynamics and Respect for Women38:24 Choosing Fisk and Academic Rigor40:45 Dartmouth Experience and Scholarship Offer42:38 Return to Fisk and Black Power Movement48:33 Student Government and SNCC Chapter52:14 Graduate School and Intellectual Influences01:02:01 Hegel, Marcuse, and Dialectical Thinking01:07:07 The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual01:12:00 Reclaiming Negative Terms: From Black to Queer01:14:17 The Struggle of Identity and Language01:16:29 Navigating Predominantly White Institutions01:19:33 Rehabilitating Whiteness: A Controversial Notion01:23:52 The Role of Dialogue in Understanding01:25:23 The Legacy of Reverend James Morris Lawson, Jr.01:40:50 The Power of Nonviolence and Love01:47:30 Final Reflections and Continuing the Legacyhttps://youtube.com/shorts/SioQ7I5N6Sg?si=jJLtNrBEViVu0KlPLucius at Vanderbilt University: https://as.vanderbilt.edu/philosophy/bio/lucius-outlawjr/W.E.B. Du BoisJames Morris Lawson Jr.Lucius with Angela Davis: https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2024/12/05/angela-davis-in-conversation-with-lucius-outlaw-a-critical-conversation-on-contemporary-crises/Photo from HBCU Radio Preservation Project: watch https://youtu.be/z5ikVSHL3ZM?si=g9QfRlI9wDhsaSLiLucius is the W. Alton Jones Chair, Emeritus Profeessor at Vanderbilt.His research Areas are: "racial matters in socio-political life, in the United States in particular, and in legacies and practices of European and Euro-American Philosophy; Social and Political Philosophy; Africana Philosophy (African; African American, for example, Martin Delany, W.E.B. Du Bois, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, among others); American Philosophy.SpecializationsAfrican, African American, Continental, History of Philosophy, Social and Political"Representative Publications"On Cornel West on W.E.B. Du Bois" Cornel West: a Critical Reader, George Yancy, ed. (Blackwell 2001)."'Multiculturalism,' Citizenship, Education, and American Liberal Democracy,"Theorizing Multiculturalism: A Guide to the Current Debate, Cynthia Willett, ed. (Blackwell 1998).On Race and Philosophy (Routledge 1996)."On W.E.B. Du Bois's 'The Conservation of Races'," Overcoming Racism and Sexism, Linda Bell and David Blumenfeld, ed. (Roman & Littlefield 1995).Full intro and notes here.Care is not the opposite of love. It is the very urge of life. 'Caring for what?' is the primary question. That we have a choice about what we care for and how is what makes us human, but it's quite the challenge and responsibility. Let's help one another handle it.Support the showBuy Holding Paradox: The Navigational Approach to Mind and Consciousness by Andrea HiottSign up for Making Ways newsletter and projects.Please rate and review with love. YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Substack.