Tommy J. Curry Boeken

Tommy J. Curry, a distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, specializes in Africana Philosophy and Black Male Studies. His notable contributions to the field include the book "Another White Man’s Burden," which explores Josiah Royce's racial philosophy, and his editorial work on William H. Ferris's writings. Curry's academic achievements are recognized through his past presidency of Philosophy Born of Struggle and a prestigious teaching fellowship from the USC Shoah Foundation.

With a full introduction and textual commentary, this volume introduces William H. Ferris's The African Abroad, a treatise on racial idealism, Black ethnology, and the evolution of Blacks from Negro to Negrosaxon, presenting the first evidence of a Black American idealist and evolutionary thinker in philosophy.

The Before Columbus Foundation 2018 Winner of the AMERICAN BOOK AWARD Tommy J. Curry’s provocative book The Man-Not is a justification for Black Male Studies. He posits that we should conceptualize the Black male as a victim, oppressed by his sex. The Man-Not, therefore,is a corrective of sorts, offering a concept of Black males that could challenge the existing accounts of Black men and boys desiring the power of white men who oppress them that has been proliferated throughout academic research across disciplines. Curry argues that Black men struggle with death and suicide, as well as abuse and rape, and their genred existence deserves study and theorization. This book offers intellectual, historical, sociological, and psychological evidence that the analysis of patriarchy offered by mainstream feminism (including Black feminism) does not yet fully understand the role that homoeroticism, sexual violence, and vulnerability play in the deaths and lives of Black males. Curry challenges how we think of and perceive the conditions that actually affect all Black males.