Contributions by:

Frank M. Kirkland

Africa, We the Underdeveloped: Wynter’s Discontent in the Light of Hegel’s Conception of Development

Posted in ,

*Originally presented at the Caribbean Philosophical Association, Brown University, June 2019 Introduction A passing note, couched in one of the various editions of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, states the following. “A human being, in the process of necessarily forming itself, is historical, i.e., belongs in time, in the history prior to freedom. Prior to freedom,…

Read Full Article...

Susan Buck-Morss, Hegel, Haiti, and Universal History

Posted in ,

HEGEL AND THE SAINT-DOMINGUE REVOLUTION – ‘PERFECT TOGETHER?’: I. Introduction  As Susan Buck-Morss herself has stated, the article “Hegel and Haiti” was something of “an intellectual event when it appeared in Critical Inquiry in summer 2000.”1 She is being modest. The article created a critically effervescent discussion as it burst onto the academic scene regarding Hegel’s…

Read Full Article...

The Questionable Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education: Du Bois’ Iconoclastic Critique

Posted in

Prologue The public education of African-American youth had been the most significant problem for African-American adults, outside of the issue of voting rights, since the end of the Civil War. From the 1860’s through the 1940’s, the problem stemmed from the paucity of resources dedicated toward their education and the indifference of the American public…

Read Full Article...