LEADER 04381nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910457254003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-50423-1 010 $a9786612504235 010 $a0-226-31780-3 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226317809 035 $a(CKB)2550000000006828 035 $a(EBL)481221 035 $a(OCoLC)609855182 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000356465 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11224454 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000356465 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10349719 035 $a(PQKB)10710480 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000776872 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12279870 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000776872 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10747158 035 $a(PQKB)11596700 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000117450 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC481221 035 $a(DE-B1597)524210 035 $a(OCoLC)1135569942 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226317809 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL481221 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10360194 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL250423 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000006828 100 $a20080707d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAlain L. Locke$b[electronic resource] $ebiography of a philosopher /$fLeonard Harris & Charles Molesworth 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (449 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-31777-3 311 $a0-226-31776-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [391]-417) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction --$t1. The Lockes of Philadelphia --$t2. Harvard --$t3. Oxford and Berlin --$t4. Howard: The Early Years --$t5. Howard and Beyond --$t6. The Renaissance and the New Negro --$t7. After The New Negro --$t8. New Horizons: Sahdji to the Bronze Booklets --$t9. The Educator at Work and at Large --$t10. Theorizing Democracy --$t11. The Final Years --$t12. Locke's Legacy --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aAlain L. Locke (1886-1954), in his famous 1925 anthology The New Negro, declared that "the pulse of the Negro world has begun to beat in Harlem." Often called the father of the Harlem Renaissance, Locke had his finger directly on that pulse, promoting, influencing, and sparring with such figures as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Jacob Lawrence, Richmond Barthé, William Grant Still, Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Bunche, and John Dewey. The long-awaited first biography of this extraordinarily gifted philosopher and writer, Alain L. Locke narrates the untold story of his profound impact on twentieth-century America's cultural and intellectual life. Leonard Harris and Charles Molesworth trace this story through Locke's Philadelphia upbringing, his undergraduate years at Harvard-where William James helped spark his influential engagement with pragmatism-and his tenure as the first African American Rhodes Scholar. The heart of their narrative illuminates Locke's heady years in 1920's New York City and his forty-year career at Howard University, where he helped spearhead the adult education movement of the 1930's and wrote on topics ranging from the philosophy of value to the theory of democracy. Harris and Molesworth show that throughout this illustrious career-despite a formal manner that many observers interpreted as elitist or distant-Locke remained a warm and effective teacher and mentor, as well as a fierce champion of literature and art as means of breaking down barriers between communities. The multifaceted portrait that emerges from this engaging account effectively reclaims Locke's rightful place in the pantheon of America's most important minds. 606 $aAfrican American philosophers$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American intellectuals$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrican American philosophers 615 0$aAfrican American intellectuals 676 $a191 700 $aHarris$b Leonard$f1948-$0918707 701 $aMolesworth$b Charles$f1941-$0985894 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457254003321 996 $aAlain L. Locke$92253428 997 $aUNINA