I Am Because We are: Readings in Black Philosophy

Fred L. Hord, Jonathan Scott Lee

University of Massachusetts Press, 1995 - Philosophy - 390 pages

An anthology of writings by prominent black thinkers which makes the case for a central tradition of Black philosophy rooted in Africa and distinct from the intellectual heritage of the West. The work is divided geographically into three parts - Africa, the Caribbean and North America.

Bibliographic information

• Title: I Am Because We are: Readings in Black Philosophy
• Editors: Fred L. Hord, Jonathan Scott Lee
• Contributors: Fred L. Hord, Jonathan Scott Lee
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press, 1995
• ISBN: 0870239643, 9780870239649
• Length: 390 pages
• Subjects: Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy