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Memoir of a Black Philosopher is a history of both anti-Black racism and the author's indefatigable struggle to transcend it by educating himself. These memoirs demonstrate the value of academic philosophy's "upward path" from the ordinary to the sublime.

Introduction -- Philosophy for us by us: philosophy FUBU -- The value of academic philosophy for Black folks -- Diseases of the imagination -- The politics of Black utopia -- Prolegomena to any future moral philosophy -- Horrorism in the theater of cruelty -- The technology of immortality, the soul, and human identity -- Racial authenticity -- Postmodern revolutions

A new migration pessimism argues that the economic benefits of international labour migration for migrant households may not justify the social costs. This article provides a test of this argument based on the author's survey of 304 households in Jerez municipio (municipality), Zacatecas, Mexico, in 2009. The results indicate that active households (those with at least one migrant abroad) perceived their economic situation to have improved more, but both their social cohesion and their happiness to be less than those of non‐active households. Social cohesion (family unity and maintenance of values) is shown to be pivotal in the happiness differential enjoyed by the non‐active households.