Lewis Gordon
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Lewis Ricardo Gordon (born May 12, 1962) is an American philosopher at the University of Connecticut who works in the areas of Africana philosophy, existentialism, phenomenology, social and political theory, postcolonial thought, theories of race and racism, philosophies of liberation, aesthetics, philosophy of education, and philosophy of religion. He has written particularly extensively on Africana and black existentialism, postcolonial phenomenology, race and racism, and on the works and thought of W. E. B. Du Bois and Frantz Fanon. His most recent book is titled: Fear of Black Consciousness.[1]
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Born | (1962-05-12) May 12, 1962 (age 62) |
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Spouse | Jane Anna Gordon |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Continental philosophy Black existentialism |
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Doctoral advisor | Maurice Natanson |
Doctoral students | Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Phillip Barron |
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