Department of Philosophy
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Leonard Harris
Professor, Philosophy; Director, Philosophy and Literature
| Education: | PhD, Cornell University |
| Office: | BRNG 7121 |
| Office Phone: | (765) 49-63860 |
| Office Fax: | (765) 496-1616 |
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| Specializations: | American Philosophy, Continental European Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy |
Selected Publications
Book
- Alain L. Locke: Biography of a Philosopher. Co-authored with C. Molesworth. University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Edited Books
- American Philosophies. Co-edited with A. S. Waters and S. Pratt. Blackwell, 2002.
- Racism. Humanity Press, 1999.
The Critical Pragmatism of Alain Locke. Rowman & Littlefield, 1999. - The Philosophy of Alain Locke, Harlem Renaissance and Beyond. Temple University Press, 1989.
- Philosophy Born of Struggle: Afro-American Philosophy from 1917. Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, 1984.
Book Chapters
- “Universal Human Liberation and Community: Pixley Kalsaka Seme and Alain L. Locke.” In Perspectives in African Philosophy: An Anthology on ‘Problematics of an African Philosophy: Twenty Years After (1976-1996’, eds. C. Sumner and S. W. Yohannes, 150-159. Addis Ababa University Printing Press, 2002.
- “Honor, Eunuchs, and the Postcolonial Subject.” In Postcolonial African Philosophy, ed. E. C. Eze, 252-259. Blackwell Publishing Company, 1997.
Articles
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“The Great Debate: Alain L. Locke vs. W.E.B. Du Bois,” Philosophia Africana 7 (2004): 13-37.
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“Tolerance, réconciliation et groupes,” Guerre et Réconciliation, Jounée de la Philosophie àl Unesco (2003): 59-94.
Selected Honors
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University Distinguished Visiting Professor, William Paterson University (2002-2003).
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Non-resident Fellow, Harvard University, 2001-2002
Fulbright Scholar, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia; Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda (1998-1999). -
Visiting Scholar, King’s College, Cambridge (Summer 1984).
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Portia Washington Pittman Fellow, Tuskegee Institute (1980-1981).
Work in Progress
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Book: The Great Debate: Alain L. Locke vs. W.E.B. Du Bois.
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Edited book: Collected Works of Alain L. Locke.
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Articles: “Cosmopolitanism,” “The Great Debate: Alain L. Locke vs. William James”.