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Angela Y. Davis

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Angela Y. Davis

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1944-01-26 （Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.）
国籍
United States
言語
English
宗教
Episcopal (Episcopal Church USA)
居住地歴
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. → New York City (Greenwich Village), U.S. → Waltham, Massachusetts (Brandeis University) → Frankfurt, West Germany → Berlin (East Germany; doctoral studies) → Oakland, California, U.S. → Santa Cruz, California (UC Santa Cruz), U.S.

経歴

職業
activist, scholar, philosopher, author, professor
活動期間
1960年〜
所属
Communist Party USA (including Che-Lumumba Club affiliation), Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS), Black Panther Party (affiliate), Critical Resistance (co-founder), University of California, Santa Cruz (Feminist Studies / History of Consciousness)
所属団体
Communist Party USA (former long-time member), Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (founding member), Black Panther Party (affiliate / collaborator)
影響を受けた人物
Herbert Marcuse, Frankfurt School, Karl Marx, Black liberation thinkers (e.g., George Jackson)
影響を与えた人物
Contemporary prison abolition activists, Scholars of Black feminism and intersectionality, Academic figures such as Ruth Wilson Gilmore

学歴

Brandeis University
French (later interest in philosophy)
学位: BA (magna cum laude)
期間: 1961–1965
卒業年: 1965
国: United States
Studied French and increasingly philosophy; graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.
University of Frankfurt
Graduate studies in philosophy
期間: 1965–1967
国: West Germany
Graduate work in Frankfurt; exposure to the Frankfurt School.
University of California, San Diego
Philosophy (graduate work)
学位: MA
期間: 1967–1968
卒業年: 1968
国: United States
Completed an MA while studying with Herbert Marcuse; some PhD-related manuscripts were later confiscated by the FBI.
Humboldt University of Berlin (partial)
Doctoral studies (incomplete)
期間: 1970s（中断）
国: East Germany
Completed some doctoral work but did not receive a PhD at that time.
University of Cambridge (honorary)
学位: Honorary Doctor of Letters
期間: 2025
卒業年: 2025
国: United Kingdom
Awarded an honorary Doctorate in Letters (2025).

受賞歴

Lenin Peace Prize
1979
主催: Soviet Union
結果: 受賞
Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame
主催: National Women's Hall of Fame
結果: 受賞／選出
Blue Planet Award (ethecon)
2011
主催: ethecon / Blue Planet Award
結果: 受賞
Honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Letters)
2025
主催: University of Cambridge
結果: 授与
José Muñoz Award
2025
主催: CLAGS (The Center for LGBTQ Studies)
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Women, Race and Class

1981年 Nonfiction / Social theory

A historical and theoretical examination of the intersections between gender, race, and class in the United States, presented in essays and analysis.

feminismracismclasshistorical analysis

Are Prisons Obsolete?

2003年 Nonfiction / Political theory

A critical examination of the U.S. prison system arguing for abolitionist perspectives and considering alternatives to incarceration.

prison abolitioncriminal justice policyhuman rightsracial injustice

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

2015年 Essays / Political commentary

Connects recent protest movements and international solidarity—especially Ferguson and Palestine—to argue for the continuity of struggles for freedom.

international solidarityhuman rightsprotest movementsBlack Lives Matter

Angela Davis: An Autobiography

1974年 Autobiography

An autobiographical account covering her early life, civil rights activism, arrest and trial, and subsequent political and intellectual development.

autobiographycivil rightspolitical activismintellectual formation

全著作

  • If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance (1971)
  • Angela Davis: An Autobiography (1974)
  • Joan Little: The Dialectics of Rape (1975)
  • Women, Race and Class (1981)
  • Women, Culture & Politics (1990)
  • Blues Legacies and Black Feminism (1998)
  • Are Prisons Obsolete? (2003)
  • Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire (2005)
  • The Meaning of Freedom: And Other Difficult Dialogues (2012)
  • Freedom Is a Constant Struggle (2015)

翻案

  • Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary (documentary, 1972)
  • The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 (documentary, 2011; features rare interviews)
  • 13th (documentary, 2016; features Angela Davis)

作風・主題

文体
critical-theory oriented, essayistic stylebridges academic analysis and activist discourselectural/essay tone
頻出モチーフ
critique of prisons and incarcerationintersection of race and genderinternational solidaritycritique of capitalism and calls for social change

評価・遺産

Angela Davis is a leading intellectual and activist linking civil rights, feminism, and the prison abolition movement. Through writings, lectures, and organizing she has influenced academic and grassroots movements internationally, advocating justice and prison reform.

関連学会

  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences (elected)

資料所蔵先

  • National United Committee to Free Angela Davis collection (Main Library, Stanford University)
  • Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute (trial transcript archive)
  • Angela Y. Davis Papers (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University)
  • UCLA archives (records related to dismissal and related materials)

大衆文化への影響

  • Referenced in songs (e.g., The Rolling Stones' "Sweet Black Angel")
  • Murals and portraits worldwide; frequent appearances in documentaries
  • Established as an iconic figure of 1970s liberation movements

引用

  • We are facing a common enemy and that enemy is Yankee Imperialism, which is killing us both here and abroad.
    出典: Speech (1969) (1969年)

豆知識

  • Placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list in 1970 (one of the earliest women to be listed).
  • Acquitted of all charges in 1972 after a widely publicized trial.
  • Recipient of multiple international awards and honorary degrees (e.g., Lenin Peace Prize; honorary doctorates).
  • Frequently referenced in music and visual art (e.g., John Lennon, The Rolling Stones).