Podcast appearances and mentions of Lewis R Gordon

This episode focuses on ideas about critical thinking in systems of power. Topics include critical pedagogy, critical consciousness, belief, agnotology (study of ignorance), and aesthetics as ethics. Concepts mentioned include the banality of evil and the illusory effect with pop culture references to the films Don't Look Up and The Lorax as well as the TV Series Barbaren (Barbarians). The reflection shared draws on historical perspectives and contexts to thoughtful questioning and remembering.   References mentioned include: Agustín Fuentes - Why We Believe, 2019. Lewis R. Gordon, Fear of Black consciousness, 2022. Simon Frith, Music and Identity, 1996. George Gmelch, Baseball Magic, 1971. Robert N. Proctor and Londa Schiebinger, Agnotology: The making and unmaking of ignorance, 2008. Adrienne Mayor, Suppression of Indigenous Fossil Knowledge, 2008. Ania Loomba, Colonialism/Postcolonialism, 2002. John Trudell, Trudell (2005); DNA:Descendant Now Ancestor (2001). Ty Kāwika Tengan, (En)gendering Colonialism: Masculinities in Hawai‘i and Aotearoa, 2002. Paulo Freire, Education for Critical Consciousness, 2005. Henry Giroux, On Critical Pedagogy, 2011. Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951. Elizabeth Ellsworth, Why Doesn't This Feel Empowering? Working Through the Repressive Myths of Critical Pedagogy, 1989. Alison Jones, The Limits of Cross-Cultural Dialogue: Pedagogy, Desire, and Absolution in the Classroom, 1999.

On Stance, we explore the question: what does it mean to be a Jewish person of color in America today? We chat with a range of voices from this growing demographic, in the worlds of philosophy, pop culture, community organizing, and journalism.  Plus, we cover music with Jazz Musician Enji to learn more about her mesmerizing new record, Ulan. At a Sukkot celebration, a few members of the Jews of Color Initiative team, Jade Groobman, Sarah Starks and Riki Robinson, discuss their hopes, dreams and their work building more community in Jewish spaces. CEO of Jews of Color Initiative, Ilana Kaufman takes us through their mission to build a professional, organizational and communal space for Jews of Color. She discusses the importance of accurately capturing data about Jews of Color, and of empowering them into leadership roles. Writer, Hanah Bloom, tackles the model minority myth twice over in her essay about being a Japanese American Jew, published in Hey Alma, a contemporary online community. She reads her essay and chats about some of the responses that followed. Professor of Philosophy and Global Affairs, Lewis R. Gordon offers us another glimpse into the diverse history of Jewish peoples, as he shares his experience navigating between the Jewish community in Jamaica and the Jewish community in the US. We end this topic with Robin Washington, a journalist and Editor-At-Large for The Forward, a US Jewish news and culture publication founded in 1897. He reflects on what it means to be a Black Jew after the horrors of October 7. We chat with vocalist and composer Enji about her musical journey and the inspiration behind her third solo album, Ulaan. Enji's unique and expansive sound combines jazz, contemporary folk, and the ancient Mongolian musical tradition of Long Song. She talks with us about how combining the creative freedom of jazz with her Mongolian heritage enables her to express more of her authentic self. If you like what you heard, please write us a review and join the conversation at stancepodcast.com and all podcasting apps @stancepodcast @chrystalgenesis

Dr. Lewis Gordon is a professor of philosophy and global affairs at the University of Connecticut and the author of “Black Existentialism and Decolonizing Knowledge: Writings of Lewis R. Gordon”. He joins Tavis to discuss how to live more ethically and courageously.

How do we tap into sources of hope, compassion and humanity during such turbulent times? This episode of Stance explores this question through the lenses of philosophy, poetry, and music. Professor Lewis R. Gordon is a philosopher, musician, and historian whose areas of focus include existentialism, Africana philosophy, social and political theory, theories of race, and philosophies of liberation and education. He speaks with us about compassion, politics and power during periods of uncertainty and upheaval. Poet, writer and multidisciplinary artist, Fariha Róisín shares her latest poetry collection, Survival Takes A Wild Imagination, and reflects on hope, humanity, and imagining new futures. Soul artist, singer-songwriter and lawyer, Danielle Ponder introduces to us her compelling debut album, Some Of Us Are Brave, an anthem of resilience and hope. This show was producer Zara Martin. Special thanks to Im Genesis and Etay Zwick. If you like what you heard, please subscribe, write us a review and join the conversation at stancepodcast.com and all podcasting apps @stancepodcast @chrystalgenesis Visit Stance's website at stancepodcast.com for more info and links from this episode. 

Can philosophical insights genuinely contribute to understanding today's pressing challenges, or are they simply an unproductive distraction from the immediate hardships people face? In his book Black Existentialism and Decolonizing Knowledge: Writings of Lewis R. Gordon (July 13, 2023), leading public intellectual Dr. Lewis Gordon encourages readers to consider these questions through the scope of his own work. He joins Tavis for a conversation that explores themes such as phenomenology, anti-Blackness, activist thought, and the influence of visionaries like Frantz Fanon and Jimi Hendrix – and why philosophical introspection of these topics and people matter and resonate in our present time.

In this episode of Chasing Leviathan, PJ and Dr. Lewis Gordon discuss the intersections of philosophy, art, politics, and freedom. Dr. Gordon persuasively argues that art is a primary social good that has the power to elevate humanity, foster community accountability, and transform societies.For a deep dive into Dr. Lewis Gordon's work, check out his book: Black Existentialism and Decolonizing Knowledge: Writings of Lewis R. Gordon

Lewis R. Gordon - Afro-Jewish public intellectual, academic, and musician (jazz, blues, rock, reggae, hip hop, etc.). Last time he was on the show, he and Tavis explored Black consciousness and why it poses a threat to racist power structures. Today, they explore how racist power structures can permeate the minds of Black people to act against our own – especially considering the recent example of Tyre Nichols where Black officers were the face of police brutality against Black people.

Dr. Lewis R. Gordon - Afro-Jewish public intellectual, academic, and musician. He teaches at UCONN, where he is Professor and Head of the Philosophy Department. In his celebrated book “Fear of Black Consciousness,” he unpacks the historical development of racialized Blackness, the problems this kind of consciousness produces, and the many creative responses from Black and non-Black communities in contemporary struggles for dignity and freedom. He joins Tavis for a conversation centered around his latest text.

Lewis R Gordon discusses the philosopher, psychiatry and revolutionary Frantz Fanon as well as his own work on Black consciousness.Gordon is a philosopher, educator, public intellectual and the author of numerous books on topics including existentialism, phenomenology and postcolonial theory. His most recent book The Fear of Black Consciousness was published earlier this year by Penguin and Macmillan. 

Welcome to "How To Be...", guiding you through life's tricky topics and skills by reading through the best books out there. In democratic societies, we are governed by consent. Hence, it is our job to become responsible citizens before voting or electing those in office (or placed to appointments), to represent our interests and create a better world for all of humanity. So how do we become politically responsible? Hence, I spoke to US philosopher and Fear of Black Consciousness author Professor Lewis R. Gordon on why it is important to be politically responsible, as well as other experts' books to see if their advice can help all of us. I also heard from others who have gained some mastery over themselves. Please hit subscribe to hear the whole series on life skills! It should be short and sweet. I look forward to journeying with you through this maze of hacks.

Writer Isaac Butler joins co-hosts Kate Wolf and Eric Newman to speak about his new book, The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act which was published this month by Bloomsbury. The Method traces the dissemination of a style and way of thinking about acting that's so prevalent, it's hard to imagine the performing arts without it today. Originally envisioned by the great actor and textile heir Konstantin Stanislavski, in Moscow, in the late 1800s, the Method, originally known as the System, stressed the importance of emotional realism, research, a character's motivation, and the actor's organic experience. Stanislavski believed actors were meant to be truth tellers and to this end, he developed empathic and imaginative exercises to enhance the authenticity of their performances such as “affective memory” and the “Magic If.” When the Moscow Arts Theater, which Stanislavski co-created, toured its productions in Europe and the US in the early 1920s, it inspired a whole new generation of actors and teachers, including Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler, who would go on to teach the Method to much the acclaim and controversy in the United States. Also, Lewis R. Gordon, author of Fear of Black Consciousness, returns to recommend three books: Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde; Living While Black: The Essential Guide to Overcoming Racial Trauma by Guilaine Kinouani; and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.

Writer Isaac Butler joins co-hosts Kate Wolf and Eric Newman to speak about his new book, The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act which was published this month by Bloomsbury. The Method traces the dissemination of a style and way of thinking about acting that's so prevalent, it's hard to imagine the performing arts without it today. Originally envisioned by the great actor and textile heir Konstantin Stanislavski, in Moscow, in the late 1800s, the Method, originally known as the System, stressed the importance of emotional realism, research, a character's motivation, and the actor's organic experience. Stanislavski believed actors were meant to be truth tellers and to this end, he developed empathic and imaginative exercises to enhance the authenticity of their performances such as “affective memory” and the “Magic If.” When the Moscow Arts Theater, which Stanislavski co-created, toured its productions in Europe and the US in the early 1920s, it inspired a whole new generation of actors and teachers, including Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler, who would go on to teach the Method to much the acclaim and controversy in the United States. Also, Lewis R. Gordon, author of Fear of Black Consciousness, returns to recommend three books: Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde; Living While Black: The Essential Guide to Overcoming Racial Trauma by Guilaine Kinouani; and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.

Lewis R. Gordon, head of the philosophy department at the University of Connecticut, joins Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher to talk about his latest book, Fear of Black Consciousness. The book explores contemporary racism and the long historical movement from black consciousness with a lower-case “b” to capital “B” Black consciousness, an active and more liberatory mentality that sees through the lies of white supremacy and works to build a better and more democratic society. Gordon examines these weighty topics through sustained readings of popular film and culture, including Jordan Peele's Get Out and Ryan Coogler's Black Panther. Also, Sheila Heti, author of Pure Colour, returns to recommend Elif Batuman's Either/Or.

Ep 52: Whiteness and Black Consciousness - Lewis R. Gordon is an Afro-Jewish philosopher, political thinker, educator, and musician, & Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy at UCONN-Storrs in the United States. Author of several books, he joins me to talk about Black consciousness, whiteness as narcissism, radical love, and his latest book “Fear of Black Consciousness”.

The new book “Fear of Black Consciousness”  is a journey through the historical development of racialized Blackness, the problems this kind of consciousness produces, and the many creative responses from Black and non-Black communities in contemporary struggles for dignity and freedom. Lewis R. Gordon is an Afro-Jewish philosopher, political thinker, educator, and musician. He is Professor and Head of the Philosophy Department at UCONN-Storrs. In the book, Gordon exposes the bad faith at the heart of many discussions about race and racism not only in America but across the globe, including those who think of themselves as "color blind."

On episode 116, we welcome philosopher Lewis Gordon to discuss his new book ‘Fear of Black Consciousness', how Critical Race Theory is misunderstood and why it's challenged, the parable of the Anglican minister and what it teaches us about systemic oppression, Harriet Bailey and how her radical love for Frederick Douglass fostered his sense of responsibility for the well-being of marginalized people, human nature and why we can't predict people's behaviors based on stereotypes, the feminine roots of Enlightenment thinking, Hedy Lamarr and inventing the predecessor to WiFi, and the difference between liberty and freedom and utilizing the latter to cultivate meaning. Lewis R. Gordon is Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy at UCONN-Storrs, Honorary President of the Global Center for Advanced Studies, and Chair of the Committee on Public Philosophy for the American Philosophical Association. His books include Freedom, Justice, and Decolonization (2021) and his new book, Fear of Black Consciousness, which was just published on January 11, 2022.   | Lewis R. Gordon | ► Website 1 | https://www.macmillanspeakers.com/speaker/lewis-gordon/  ► Website 2 | https://philosophy.uconn.edu/person/lewis-gordon/ ► Twitter | https://twitter.com/lewgord ►Fear of Black Consciousness Book | https://amzn.to/33pY3rt Where you can find us: | Seize The Moment Podcast | ► Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/SeizeTheMoment ► Twitter | https://twitter.com/seize_podcast  ► Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/seizethemoment ► TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@seizethemomentpodcast

Dr. Andrew Tebbutt, ICS sessional lecturer and Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Centre for Philosophy, Religion, and Social Ethics joins us to talk existential phenomenology and to tell us more about the course he'll be teaching this winter called Body, Language, Power: The Question of the Human in 20th Century French Philosophy. Starting January 13, the course will meet virtually every Wednesday afternoon (2-5pm EST). Register today! Like our upcoming winter courses, this one is accessible from all over the world for credit or audit, with a significant discount on course fees for first time auditors and ICS alums--only $400 CAD (plus registration). So if you'd like to find out more about the course or to register,  you can visit the course page on our website or send our Registrar an email at academic-registrar@icscanada.edu! Some resources of interest on existential phenomenology and phenomenology of race and gender:  Lewis R. Gordon: Being Human as a Relationship (YouTube video) Robert Bernasconi: Race, Slavery, and the Philosophers of the Enlightenment (YouTube video) Linda Martín Alcoff: Decolonizing Feminism in the Age of Intersectionality (lecture) Jean Paul Sartre: "Existentialism as a Humanism" in Existentialism and Human Emotions Maurice Merleau-Ponty: The World of Perception Critical Faith is sponsored by the Centre for Philosophy, Religion, and Social Ethics (CPRSE) at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto. For more, visit www.icscanada.edu. Music by Matt Bernico.

For many people, the narrative about Black-Jewish relations goes something like this: In the 1960s, there was a strong alliance between the two groups, perfectly encapsulated by the image of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel walking arm-in-arm on the civil rights march from Selma, Alabama. Then, with the rise of black nationalism, that relationship started to break down. But what if that isn't the whole story? In this episode, host Jeremy Shere and guest scholars Marc Dollinger and Lewis R. Gordon complicate that narrative, tracing the history of Black-Jewish relations from the early 20th century to today. 

What is racism? How does it operate, and to what extent is it a problem for all of us? The way my first guest on Politeia sees it, and I agree, is that societies either are racist or they aren’t—there’s no such thing as a not-racist society that has racist people in it. The question for us, then, is how can politics as philosophy help us understand the problem of racism and what can we learn about how to move forward with creating a truly anti-racist society? Join me for Part 2 of my discussion with one of the world's foremost philosophers on the subject of racism and politics, Professor and Head of the Philosophy Department at the University of Connecticut, Dr. Lewis Gordon.References for this episode:Black Skin, White Masks, by Frantz Fanon: https://groveatlantic.com/book/black-skin-white-masks/Wretched of the Earth, by Frantz Fanon: https://groveatlantic.com/book/the-wretched-of-the-earth/Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Frantz Fanon: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/frantz-fanon/What Fanon Said, by Lewis R. Gordon:https://www.fordhampress.com/9780823266081/what-fanon-said/Additional discussions featuring Dr. Lewis Gordon available for free online:Conversation with Jason Stanley, Part 1: https://youtu.be/UUaIAxJZFHcPart 2: https://youtu.be/lqYBy2KU6LUPart 3: https://youtu.be/0WAtlqNd7_APart 4: https://youtu.be/-tVtOd4oD2cPart 5: https://youtu.be/oD5FPiZhmbEPart 6: https://youtu.be/mI4UkgkpT0wPart 7: https://youtu.be/pVlF4E5Hhao"Engaging with Fanon in the time of COVID,” interview by Firoze Manji of Daraja Press: https://youtu.be/0azDbkzxtscMaster Class on Frantz Fanon with Dr. Lewis Gordon, hosted by The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown Univerisity:Part 1: https://youtu.be/ciV4wm6YfH4Part 2: https://youtu.be/zmVkHf5WQVkPart 3: https://youtu.be/TLG2hC2lsZkOliver Thorn of PhilosophyTube presents G.W.F. Hegel’s Master/Slave Dialectic:https://youtu.be/OgNt1C72B_4Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PoliteiaPod

What is racism? How does it operate, and to what extent is it a problem for all of us? The way my first guest on Politeia sees it, and I agree, is that societies either are racist or they aren’t—there’s no such thing as a not-racist society that has racist people in it. The question for us, then, is how can politics as philosophy help us understand the problem of racism and what can we learn about how to move forward with creating a truly anti-racist society? Join me as I discuss these and many other questions with one of the world's foremost philosophers on the subject of racism and politics, Professor and Head of the Philosophy Department at the University of Connecticut, Dr. Lewis Gordon.References for this episode:Black Skin, White Masks, by Frantz Fanon: https://groveatlantic.com/book/black-skin-white-masks/Wretched of the Earth, by Frantz Fanon: https://groveatlantic.com/book/the-wretched-of-the-earth/Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Frantz Fanon: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/frantz-fanon/Lewis R. Gordon on the life and writing of Frantz Fanon:https://www.fordhampress.com/9780823266081/what-fanon-said/Additional discussions featuring Dr. Lewis Gordon available for free online:Conversation with Jason Stanley, Part 1: https://youtu.be/UUaIAxJZFHcPart 2: https://youtu.be/lqYBy2KU6LUPart 3: https://youtu.be/0WAtlqNd7_APart 4: https://youtu.be/-tVtOd4oD2cPart 5: https://youtu.be/oD5FPiZhmbEPart 6: https://youtu.be/mI4UkgkpT0wPart 7: https://youtu.be/pVlF4E5Hhao"Engaging with Fanon in the time of COVID,” interview by Firoze Manji of Daraja Press: https://youtu.be/0azDbkzxtscMaster Class on Frantz Fanon with Dr. Lewis Gordon, hosted by The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown Univerisity:Part 1: https://youtu.be/ciV4wm6YfH4Part 2: https://youtu.be/zmVkHf5WQVkPart 3: https://youtu.be/TLG2hC2lsZkOliver Thorn of PhilosophyTube presents G.W.F. Hegel’s Master/Slave Dialectic:https://youtu.be/OgNt1C72B_4

Roundtable on Memory & Countermemory with Lewis R. Gordon, Berel Lang, Sarah Pessin, Gabriele M. Schwab, Sasha Etkind, and Simon Ortiz. Moderator: Patricia Huntington.

This talk explores the double movement of memory raised by Afro-Jews on Passover, where Jewish identity is ritualized as memory of trauma and liberation in a context where black identity is pressured toward acts of forgetting. The contradictions of national memory, where modern life, exemplified especially in American doubled conceptions of self, pose problems of remembering and listening. The result is a demand for cultural ruin, a form of disaster, through the elimination of continuity, which hides deeper, existential challenges of maturation: ruin, after all, is a portended feature of human existence, where, in the face of nothing lasting forever, humanity faces the deeper anxiety of how to live with the eventual realization of the end of the world. Lewis R. Gordon is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Studies at Temple University. With a diverse background of Jamaican, Cuban, and Jewish ancestry, Gordon has applied himself to the task of articulating the interconnectivity of our world, beyond the strict binaries of Western cultural mores. With many written works in publication concerning post-colonial phenomenology, existentialism, race theory, and cultural studies, Gordon embraces the full breadth of his heritage, striving to engage in the infinite entities that blend to create the human identity. About his own writing, Gordon says in an interview with Linda Alcoff, “I write books to generate critical exchange and to learn from critics. People have always asked me how I write so much, but it is because I do not take the view that one writes a perfect text. I see my writing as part of the social world, so I write to get the discussions going.” His most recent publication with Jane Gordon, Of Divine Warning: Reading Disaster in the Modern Age, examines the force of cultural icons and symbols to offer a theory of disaster in modern and contemporary life.