Charles W. Mills

Charles W. Mills is a Caribbean philosopher from Jamaica. He is known for his work in social and political philosophy, particularly in oppositional political theory as centered on class, gender, and race.

Education and career

Mills is presently John Evans Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy at Northwestern University, but in August 2016, he will move to the Graduate Center, CUNY, where he has accepted a senior offer.[1] He earned his B.Sc. at the University of the West Indies (Honors, Physics), and his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1985. His dissertation was titled, "The Concept of Ideology in the Thought of Marx and Engels." Mills taught physics in Kingston, Jamaica, from 1971–73 at the College of Arts, Science and Technology, and from 1976–77 at Campion College; he previously taught philosophy at the University of Oklahoma (1987–90) and the University of Illinois at Chicago (1990–2007) where he was a UIC Distinguished Professor.[2]

Research areas and publications

Mills' main research interests are in political theory (radical and oppositional), particularly around issues of social class, gender, and race. He has published numerous articles on Marxism, critical race theory, and African-American philosophy. His book The Racial Contract (Cornell University Press, 1997)[3] won a Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award[4] for the study of bigotry and human rights in North America. The award states, "Charles Mills' treatment of the biases in western philosophy in The Racial Contract is a tour de force."[5]

Works

Mills is the author of five books:

Selection of recent articles:

References

  1. http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2015/11/mills-from-northwestern-to-cuny-graduate-center.html
  2. For details see Charles Mills' curriculum vita Archived April 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.. Accessed 13 April 2014.
  3. See The Racial Contract for a synopsis and further information on the reception of the book.
  4. The 1998 award is listed in Peacework Archived December 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.. The Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights closed in 2009.
  5. Williams, Loretta J. (July–August 1999). "Confronting Both Our Histories and Our Future: 1998 Winners of the Myers Outstanding Books Awards". Peacework.

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