Lewis Gordon

Lewis Gordon
Born (1962-05-12) May 12, 1962
SpouseJane Anna Gordon
Education
Alma mater
Doctoral advisorMaurice Natanson
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy
Black existentialism
Institutions
Doctoral studentsRowan Ricardo Phillips, Phillip Barron
Main interests

Lewis Ricardo Gordon (born May 12, 1962) is an American philosopher at the University of Connecticut who works in the areas of Africana philosophy, existentialism, phenomenology, social and political theory, postcolonial thought, theories of race and racism, philosophies of liberation, aesthetics, philosophy of education, and philosophy of religion. He has written particularly extensively on Africana and black existentialism, postcolonial phenomenology, race and racism, and on the works and thought of W. E. B. Du Bois and Frantz Fanon. His most recent book is titled: Fear of Black Consciousness.