Insurrectionist Ethics: Radical Perspectives on Social Justice

Foreword
	Notes
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Part I: Insurrectionist Ethics: Conceptions and Contexts
	Chapter 1: The Very Idea of Insurrectionist Ethics
		David Walker’s Appeal
		The Framework for Insurrectionist Ethics
		Implications and Applicability beyond Slave Revolts
		References
	Chapter 2: Revisioning Unalignment and Freedom: Insurrectionist Ethics in Marlon James’ The Book of Night Women
		Introduction to Insurrectionist Ethics
		Unaligned Insurrectionist Ethics in The Book of Night Women
		The Book of Night Women
		Insurrection in Jamaica
		Unaligned Insurrectionist Ethics in The Book of Night Women
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 3: Self-respect and the Obligation to Resist Oppression
		Introduction
		Hay’s Framework
		Hay vs. Insurrectionist Ethics
		Conclusion
		References
Part II: Insurrectionist Ethics across the Americas
	Chapter 4: Theologizing Insurrection: On the Religious Dimension of Insurrectionist Ethics
		Divergent Foundations for Insurrectionist Ethics
		The Prophetic Roots of Insurrectionist Ethics
		Insurrectionist Ethics and Inter-American Liberation Theology
		On the Religious Aspect of Insurrectionist Ethics
		“Theologizing” Insurrection
		On Insurrectionist Theology of Liberation
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 5: Vicente Riva Palacio’s Mexican Insurrectionist Ethics
		Introduction
		A Brief Overview of Vicente Riva Palacio’s Life and Political Activities
		Insurrectionist Ethics: Four Central Features
		The Four Key Features of Insurrectionist Ethics in the Work of Riva Palacio
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 6: Resistance and Multiplicity: Insurrectionist Ethics and Afro-Indigenous Acts of Solidarity
		Locke and Harris on Cultural Pluralism and Critical Relativism
		Locke and Harris on Representative Types
		Multiplicitous Resistance among Black, Indigenous, and Afro-Indigenous Communities
		References
Part III: Insurrectionist Ethics: Applications and Correctives
	Chapter 7: Insurrectionist Ethics, Moral Suasion, and Violent Protests for Poor Policing
		Moral Suasion and Insurrectionist Ethics
		An Evaluation of Suasion and Peaceful Protests
		An Evaluation of Insurrection and Violent Protests
		References
	Chapter 8: Anti-ethics as Insurrectionist Ethics: An Analysis of the Normative Foundations of Philosophies Born of Struggle
		Introduction: Anti-Ethics as Ante-Ethics
		“You Must Choose”: Idealist or Realist Ethical Hope
		Ethical Alienation as Spiritual Death
		The Ethical Stance of Anti-ethics
		Respect for Persons and the Duty of Insurrection
		Conclusion
		References
Part IV: Insurrectionist Ethics: Pragmatism and Naturalism
	Chapter 9: Leonard Harris’s Insurrectionist “Challenge” to Pragmatism
		References
	Chapter 10: Responding to Racial Injustice: Insurrection and Social Justice Pragmatism in Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Richard Rorty
		Insurrection and Normativity
		Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Critical Praxis
		Rorty’s Alternative Normative Resources
		Fostering Relations of Responsiveness
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 11: Discernment behind Asylum Walls; Or, The Limits of Efficacious Reasoning
		Thinking within This Cauldron of Constant Death
		Condemning Racism without a Totalizing Account
		Enlightenment Rationality (from the Other Side of the Barricado)
		Agonism or Antagonism? Or, Reasoning behind Asylum Walls
		And Yet, We Create; Or, Moral Reasoning without an Algorithm
		References
Part V: Insurrectionist Ethics: Past, Present, and Future
	Chapter 12: Death by a Thousand Cuts: Insurrectionist Ethics in a Present less Oppressive than the Past
		Introduction
		Conclusion
		References
Bibliography
Index