Unmuted

Myisha Cherry's public philosophy podcast UnMute amplifies the work of diverse philosophers working on issues of contemporary social and political relevance by presenting provocative, stimulating, powerful, and yet relaxed interviews that anyone can understand. Gathering together 31 of these interviews, along with other materials such as illustrations, a "Say What?" glossary, and descriptions of how these thinkers first got into philosophy, the book amplifies thisimportant work even further, inviting readers from backgrounds as wide-ranging as those of the people interviewed.

Myisha Cherry is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. The host and producer of the UnMute Podcast, she has written publicly about emotions, justice, race, and gender for the Los Angeles Times, New Philosopher, Salon, and Huffington Post. Her other books include The Moral Psychology of Anger, co-edited with Owen Flanagan (Rowman and Littlefield).

Foreword
Unmuting Philosophic Voices in Our Time
Cornel West
Introduction
A Revolution of Ideas
Notes on Contributors
Section 1: Politics and Society
1. Meena Krishnamurthy on Political Distrust
2. Denise James on Political Illusions
3. Lori Gruen on Prisons
4. Jose Mendoza on Immigration
5. Wendy Salkin on Informal Political Representation
Section 2: Language, Knowledge, and Power
6. Rachel Ann McKinney on Police and Language
7. Cassie Herbert on Risky Speech
8. Luvell Anderson on Slurs and Racial Humor
9. Jason Stanley on Speech, Satire, and Public Philosophy
10. Winston Thompson on Educational Justice
Section 3: Social Groups and Activism
11. Serene Khader on Cross-Border Feminist Solidarity
12. Joel Michael Reynolds on Disability
13. Elizabeth Barnes on The Minority Body
14. Douglas Ficek on Frantz Fanon and Black Lives Matter
15. Rachel V. McKinnon on Allies and Active Bystanders
16. Kyle Whyte on Indigenous Resilience and Environmental Change
17. Andrea Pitts on Feminist Indigenous Resistance to Neoliberalism
Section 4: Race and Economics
18. David Livingstone Smith on Dehumanization
19. Linda Alcoff on The Future of Whiteness
20. Chike Jeffers on Black Political Thought
21. Larry Blum on Teaching Race
22. Tommie Shelby on Dark Ghettos
23. David McClean on Money and Materialism
24. Vanessa Wills on Marxism and Today
Section 5: Gender, Sex, and Love
25. Nancy Bauer on Pornography
26. John Corvino on Homosexuality
27. Tom Digby on the Problem of Masculinity
28. Justin Clardy on Love and Relationships
Section 6: Emotions and Art in Public Life
29. Paul C. Taylor on Black Aesthetics
30. Amir Jaima on the Power of Literature
31. Adrienne Martin on Hope
Conclusion
Say What? A Glossary of Terms
Acknowledgments