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Philosophy Department




Arts and Sciences






Lucius T. Outlaw (jr.)

Professor of Philosophy

Contact Information

Email: l.outlawjr@vanderbilt.edu
Office: 111 Furman Hall
Phone: 615-322-4474
Fax: (615) 343-7259

Degrees

Ph.D. Boston College

Research Area

His teaching and scholarly interests: Racial Matters in socio-political life, in the United States in particular, and in legacies and practices of European and Euro-American Philosophy; Social and Political Philosophy; Africana Philosophy (African; African American, for example, Martin Delany, W.E.B. Du Bois, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, among others); American Philosophy.

Publications

  • "On Cornel West on W.E.B. Du Bois" Cornel West: a Critical Reader, George Yancy, ed. (Blackwell 2001).
  • "'Multiculturalism,' Citizenship, Education, and American Liberal Democracy," Theorizing Multiculturalism: A Guide to the Current Debate, Cynthia Willett, ed. (Blackwell 1998).
  • On Race and Philosophy (Routledge 1996).
  • "On W.E.B. Du Bois's 'The Conservation of Races'," Overcoming Racism and Sexism, Linda Bell and David Blumenfeld, ed. (Roman & Littlefield 1995).