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The Case for Rage: Why Anger Is Essential to Anti-Racist Struggle
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The Case for Rage is a philosophical defense of anger, particularly anger at racial injustice. Crossing the terrain of moral psychology, ethics, philosophy of race, and social and political philosophy, the book shows anger’s varieties and cautions readers not to paint it in broad strokes. The book shows how a certain kind of anger at racial injustice is a fitting, appropriate, and correct response to racism; can motivate those who are outraged at racism by affecting their beliefs and desires; and can be productive in the fight against racism. It also explains how a person can resist white supremacy with their rage by breaking racial rules. The book also provides suggestions for how the angry might manage their anger—not through eradication or moderation, but through cultivation and community.
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- Authors
- Cherry, M.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Riverside (US)
- Corresponding author
- Cherry, Myisha
- ORCID
- Cherry, Myisha
- Publisher
- Oxford University PressNew York
- Published
- 2021-10-19
- OpenAlex
- W4289718281
- Cited by
- 269
- References
- 76
- Citations by year
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- Type
- book
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- en
- Open access
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Keywords
- anger, racial injustice, racism, white supremacy, moral psychology, philosophy of race, resistance to racism, anger management, community, moral motivation
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