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THE ROLE OF PHILOSOPHY IN BLACK STUDIES

black applicants, much of this mission has been lost. And the shallowness of the various post-Renais­ sance curricula is even more glaring. The Role of Philosophy in Black Studies 67 With this loss ... were not just concerned with interdisciplinary studies but with uni-dis­ ciplinary studies-the single discipline being philosophy. The common complaints of black and other students about the irrelevance

Eraldo Antonini Lectures, 1983–2019

twenty pages complete paper touching all aspects of the struggle of Italian scientists to work in the “curious amalgam of ingenuity and muddle, a reflection of the political system”. (Nature, 1983; 303

Review / Harlem Hospitality and Political History: Malcolm X and Fidel Castro at the Hotel Theresa

, the disruptions in securing accommodations were transformed into a momentous opportunity for cultural-political expressions of solidarity and anti-racism. When the Cuban delegation accepted the warm

Calvin Coolidge's Afro-American Connection

fashion of his predecessor. They anticipated his continued implementation of Republican policies in accord with political promises which had led to the party's overwhelming electoral victory in 1920. Indeed ... administratively to deal with tariff issues, tax-reform legislation, meas­ ures for the reduction of the public debt, and the host of other political promises Republicans made in 1920. In 1924 Coolidge, however, had

Conceptions and Ideologies of the Negro Problem

Knowledge of Ralph Bunche's Pioneering work on African American conceptions of the world has been largely confined to specialists in political science and history. Writing in 1940, Bunche and his ... set himself up as a forceful antagonist of the Washington philosophy. In 1903 he had come out with a demand for full social and political equality for the Negro.21 In the Niagara Movementof 1905 he

Bantu Education: Instrument of Political Socialization

of Massachusetts Amherst Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cibs Recommended Citation Murphy, E. Jefferson (2008) "Bantu Education: Instrument of Political

Principles and biological concepts of heredity before Mendel

such as embryology, philosophy, jurisprudence, medicine, horticulture, and animal breeding [ 2–12 ]. Thus, the formation of the epistemic space of heredity as a scientific discipline required cross ... in terms of concepts familiar from natural history and Herder’s philosophy, and what causes the persistence of the process between generations. He draws parallels between the inheritance of certain

Aminata Sow Fall's "Demon" Women: An Anti-Feminist Social Vision

Aminata Sow Fall, one of the earliest women writers from Senegal, has been acknowledged as an analyst of contemporary social mores, exposing aspects of moderm African society where social, political ... , political and economic changes have resulted in the debasement of public and private customs and behavior.' There has been a curious silence, however, from feminist critics, who have largely side-stepped her

Back to the Future: African-Americans and Cuba in the Time(s) of Race

climate invited economic penetration. By 1900, capital desired in Cuba "a docile working class, a passive peasantry, a compliant bourgeoisie, and a subservient political elite.'" Not surprisingly, Cuba's ... . Enraged at the revolution, the latter have been promoted and given political clout by successive U.S. administrations and the national media. Unlike previous Cuban-American populations, Cubans in Florida

Semantic Mediations Between Wolof and French in Two Novels of Aminata Sow Fall

of an Ousmane Sembene were always in the background. The clash between these two creative and political poles never surfaced in literary terms. But one has a vivid memory of the vigorous, sometimes ... an ad hoc, situational critique of soiled values in modem W olof society. Her social realism is one rooted in moral values, not in a historical analysis of the political forces facing each other in

What is physiological psychology?

We examine the philosophy underlying the discipline of physiological psychology and give a brief review of its phrenological and neurological precursors. Psychology is often regarded as less ... from We see in this analysis that reductionism in science does philosophy for only about a generation, and many of its not always involve assembling facts discovered at a lower leaders identified more

"A Monstrous Inconsistency": Slavery, Ideology and Politics in the Age of the American Revolution

During the Revolutionary Era the natural rights philosophy with its universalist assertion that all men had a natural right to be free seemed to argue strongly for an end to Negro slavery. In his ... , IDEOLOGY AND POLITICS IN THE AGE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ROM TIIE OPPOSITE ENDS of American history has come the belief that the F democratic philosophy on which the nation has been founded and built

Modeling epigenetic regulation of PRC1 protein accumulation in the cell cycle

-term dynamics of the population. To accomplish this, we follow the philosophy of a 1984 model by Kimmel et al., but adjust the details to fit the experimental data on protein PRC1 from a more recent ... the supplemental figure S1. Authors’ response: We included Figure S1 in the main body of the paper (currently Fig. 3) There is some typos. For example in the abstract “we follow the philosophy of a

Modeling epigenetic regulation of PRC1 protein accumulation in the cell cycle

dynamics of the population. To accomplish this, we follow the philosophy of a 1984 model by Kimmel et al., but adjust the details to fit the experimental data on protein PRC1 from a more recent paper. We ... this, we follow the philosophy of a 1984 model by Kimmel et al., but adjust the details to fit the experimental data on protein PRC1 from a more recent paper. Results We built a model of cell cycle

U.S. African American Denomonations in Cuba

, the historical reclamation of the relationship reminds us that religion and religious affairs are significant arenas of social and political activity and they must not be omitted from the discourse on ... and recognized Christian Church committed to improving social and political conditions of African people. The AME Church began in 1797 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when a small group of free Blacks

White Backlash and the Aftermath of Fagen's Rebellion: The Fates of Three African-American Soldiers in the Philippines, 1901-1902

bound by their common disenfranchisement. Neither was regarded capable of full political participation and self-determination. Nor did either possess a sufficient coercive apparatus to challenge the ... hegemony of the powers that made decisions about their political destiny. Some African-American soldiers sympathized with the CONTRIBUTIONS IN BLACK STUDIES 13/14 (1995/1996): 165-73 Published by

Afro-American Women: A Brief Guide to Writings from Historical and Feminist Perspectives

denied political and economic roles of significance. Black feminists, therefore, are very weak on the actual achievements of Black women throughout their history in the United States. They have a tendency ... political activities of Black women. Jones' sub-title reveals the scope of her work, which is of major significance for all students ofUnited States history. An anthology that includes essays on the

Are prime numbers special? Insights from the life sciences

philosophy. Evidence of prime numbers identification in humans Single‑case studies and quasi‑experimental evidence Oliver Sacks’ book The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat (1985) contains probably the most

Afro-American Identity: Reflections on the Pre-Civil War Era

elections, harbored an implicit recognition of cultural if not political pluralism based upon ethnicity, for example. (And let us not forget those respected, backward­ leaning elements of the SP who hardly ... Black Belt South from 1928 to 1959, assimilationism dominated the party's political policies towards northern blacks-who were the majority of the CP's Afro-American constituency. Concerning the latter