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Tommy J. Curry

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Tommy J. Curry

Profile

Gender
Male
Nationality
United States
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
scholar, author, philosopher, professor
Active Years
2004-
Affiliations
Texas A&M University, University of Edinburgh, Temple University Press (editor, Black Male Studies series)
Influenced By
Derrick Bell, Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic, Kenneth Nunn
Influenced
scholars in Black Male Studies

Education

DePaul University
Degree: MA
Year of Graduation: 2004
Country: United States
Southern Illinois University
Department of Philosophy
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 2009
Country: United States
Dissertation: Cast Upon the Shadows: Essays toward the Culturalogic Turn in Critical Race Theory
Penn State University (Africana Research Center)
Period: 2008–2009
Country: United States
Postdoctoral fellowship (Africana Research Center)

Awards

American Book Award
2018
Work: The Man-Not: Race, Class, Genre, and the Dilemmas of Black Manhood
Organization: Before Columbus Foundation
Result: 受賞
Alain Locke Award
2017
Category: 公共哲学（Public Philosophy）
Organization: Society for American Philosophy
Result: 受賞
Top 15 Emerging Scholars of Color
2018
Organization: Diverse Magazine
Result: 選出
Josiah Royce Prize in American Idealist Thought
2020
Work: Another white Man's Burden: Josiah Royce's Quest for a Philosophy of white Racial Empire
Organization: Josiah Royce Society
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Man-Not: Race, Class, Genre, and the Dilemmas of Black Manhood

2017 academic non-fiction (critical theory, gender studies)

Examines the experiences and dilemmas of Black manhood, critically addressing violence against Black men (including rape during American slavery), the role of white feminism and imperialism, and arguing for the creation of Black Male Studies as a distinct field.

Black manhoodracialized violencecritical race theorygender and class

Another white Man's Burden: Josiah Royce's Quest for a Philosophy of white Racial Empire

2018 academic non-fiction (intellectual history, race theory)

Investigates Josiah Royce's thought as a philosophical quest concerning white racial empire, offering critical readings in American intellectual history and idealist thought to reveal genealogies of white imperialist thinking.

intellectual historywhite racial empireAmerican idealist thought

Bibliography

  • The Man-Not: Race, Class, Genre, and the Dilemmas of Black Manhood (Temple University Press, 2017)
  • Another white Man's Burden: Josiah Royce's Quest for a Philosophy of white Racial Empire (SUNY Press, 2018)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
scholarly and theoreticalcritical and argumentative prosecombines social-science research with philosophical analysis
Recurring Motifs
visibility of Black masculinityaccounts of violence and deathintersection of race and gender

Legacy

Recognized for contributing to the establishment of Black Male Studies while also being the subject of controversy over public remarks. Influential in critical theory, gender studies, and masculinity studies, promoting systematic study of Black men's experiences.

Academic Societies

  • Society for American Philosophy (associated)

Trivia

  • The Man-Not won the 2018 American Book Award.
  • In 2017 Curry's remarks were taken out of context and targeted by alt-right websites; colleagues and fact-checkers noted contextual issues.
  • Served as editor for Temple University Press's Black Male Studies series.