| Periodical Title | APA Newsletter on Philosophy and the Black Experience |
| Author(s) | George Yancy |
| Editor(s) | John McClendon; George Yancy |
| Abstract | This paper argues that narrative accounts of the lived experiences of marginalized groups like Black philosophers have profound epistemological and existential importance. It contends that such first-person stories testify to the complexity of oppressed voices and function as sites of knowledge production and transformation. Through relational, centrifugal narratives that point beyond one’s inner thoughts to the shaping world, selves make meaning and construct identities. The paper discusses the author’s book African American Philosophers, 17 Conversations as enacting a form of political praxis that challenges dominant voices in the field. It asserts these stories provided affirmation and helped concretize philosophical intuitions about the humanized, embodied nature of philosophy. Arguing that dependence and vulnerability are fundamental truths, the paper ultimately conceptualizes philosophy from the ground up – from the perspective of non-Cartesian, historical, lived experience rather than abstract universality. This content was generated by artificial intelligence using the text of the original work. |
| Pages | 3-6 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Keywords | narrative, epistemology, existentialism, experience, identity, African American philosophy This content was generated by artificial intelligence using the text of the original work. |
| Date Published | Spring 2011 |
| ISBN/ISSN | 2155-9708 |
| URL | https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.apaonline.org/resource/collection/950518C1-3421-484C-8153-CDA6ED737182/v10n2Black.pdf |
| Open Access? | Yes |
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