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This book, by influential political theorist Drucilla Cornell, demands that we rethink the class struggle and the battle against racialized capitalism, which in turn makes us reconceptualize the ideas of revolution, liberation and rebellion themselves, by focusing on the great revolutionary theorist CLR James.

Introduction: what is postmodernity anyway? -- 1. The ethical message of negative dialects -- 2. The "postmodern" challenge to the ideal of community -- 3. The ethical significance of the Chiffonnier -- 4. The good, the right, and the possibility of legal interpretation -- 5. The relevance of time to the relationship between the philosphy of the limit and systems theory: the call to judicial responsibility -- 6. The violence of the masquerade: law dressed up as justice -- Conclusion: "The ethical, political, juridical significance of the end of man".

The dignity jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court of South Africa is widely considered to be the most sweeping in the world. In part, this is related to the unique provisions of the South African Constitution in areas such as socioeconomic rights and allowing dignity to be taken into the sphere of economic justice, as well as that of human rights. This book brings together sixteen years of constitutional jurisprudence addressing the meaning, role, and reach of dignity in the law of South Africa as a multiracial democracy. The case law is coupled with analysis from a range of contributors

In Defending Ideals Cornell looks at the crisis on the left and asks how we can turn back toward more left wing ideals.

How can women create a meaningful and joyous life for themselves? Is it enough to be equal with men? In this provocative and wide-ranging book, Drucilla Cornell argues that women should transcend the quest for equality and focus on what she shows is a far more radical project: achieving freedom. Cornell takes us on a highly original exploration of what it would mean for women politically, legally, and culturally, if we took this ideal of freedom seriously--if, in her words, we recognized that "hearts starve as well as bodies." She takes forceful and sometimes surprising stands on such subjects

Negritude is one of the most controversial and misunderstood movements, starting
with Jean-Paul Sartre's misguided discussion of the significance of Negritude in
Black Orpheus. In this article, I will argue that Negritude
is not opposed in any way to a non-racialized socialism. Indeed, as the
contemporary philosopher Lewis Gordon has powerfully argued, Negritude and other
forms of Black consciousness are absolutely crucial to the overcoming of racism
and colonization and to attempt to have ideals of economic transformation that
do not fall back into the worst forms of racism. At the heart of this debate
about the significance of Negritude—all the poets were socialists—is the
question of whether or not there is African philosophy and whether African
philosophy has made a significant contribution to rethinking socialism as
ethical as well as economic. This article strongly argues that African
philosophy demands that we shift our understanding of how and why socialism is
an ethical aspiration and is rooted in an ontology of rhythmic bodies.