The Philosophy of Charles W. Mills

Race and the Relations of Power

Mark William Westmoreland

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040225523
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Philosophy History & Theory

Charles W. Mills (1951–2021) was considered by many to be the most well-known philosopher specializing in political philosophy and critical philosophy of race. This is the first collection of essays to critically examine the key themes of Mills's philosophy across his major works.

The chapters in this volume engage with major themes such as the racial contract, non-ideal theory, metaphysics of race, epistemology of ignorance, and corrective justice. They also explore Mills's engagement with philosophical figures including Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, Maria Lugones, Immanuel Kant, Karl Marx, and John Rawls. Furthermore, the contributors seek to uncover unexplored terrain which may be illuminated by applying many of Mills's key insights.

The Philosophy of Charles W. Mills will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in political philosophy, philosophy of race, Africana philosophy, and Black political thought.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half-Title Page
• Endorsements Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction
• 1 Diagnosing White Aphasia: Mills and Domination Contract
• 2 Curdled Contracts: Reading Mills through a Lugonesian Spirit
• 3 Corresponding Contracts: The Intersectional Mills
• 4 Toward the Bourgeois Revolution: Situating Mills's Liberal Turn
• 5 Mills on Class in Relation to Race
• 6 Mills, Contracts, and the Limits of Liberalism
• 7 A Page of History: Mills's Black Radical Kantianism and American Legal (Racial) Realism
• 8 Building (Conceptual) Bridges: Mills's Non-Ideal Theory and Disciplinary Whitopias
• List of Contributors
• Index