Pragmatist Feminism as Philosophic Activism: The {R}evolution of Grace Lee Boggs

The Pluralist 15 (1):25-45 (2020)
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How Do We Reimagine?We reimagine by combining activism with philosophy.... We have to see every crisis as both a danger and an opportunity. It's a danger because it does so much damage to our lives, to our institutions, to all that we have expected. But it's also an opportunity for us to become creative; to become the new kind of people that are needed at such a huge period of transition.—Boggs, "How Do We Reimagine?"this essay seeks to add to the emerging dialogue about the incredibly rich and complex nature of Grace Lee Boggs's philosophic activism by exploring the connections and tensions between her philosophic activism and pragmatist feminism. As an Asian American immigrant with a PhD in philosophy, her...

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Pragmatist feminism.Judy Whipps - 2008 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Philosophical Collaborations with Activists.Andrea J. Pitts - 2022 - In Lee C. McIntyre, Nancy Arden McHugh & Ian Olasov (eds.), A companion to public philosophy. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 347–358.
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