Anthony Sean Neal is an American philosophy professor and author. In 2021, Neal was awarded the title Beverly B. and Gordon W. Gulmon Dean's Eminent Scholar.[1] Neal is an author and an associate professor of philosophy at Mississippi State University. Neal is a Fellow of the American Institute of Philosophical and Cultural Thought.[2] Neal is also an American Philosophical Association Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh, UK.[3] He is also a Fellow of the Shackouls Honors College.[4] He is a 2019 inductee into the Morehouse College Collegium of Scholars.[5] Neal received his master's degree at Mercer University and his doctorate in humanities with a concentration in African American Philosophy and Religion from Clark Atlanta University. His main research areas include Aesthetics, Africana Philosophy (African American Modern Era, NeoClassical African Philosophy), Critical Theory, Neo-Platonism, Philosophy of Religion.[6] Neal is a specialist on the philosophy of Howard Thurman and the Modern Era of the African American Freedom Struggle (1896-1975).[7][8][9] Neal is also a past president of the Mississippi Philosophical Association.[10] [11]
Anthony Sean Neal | |
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| Alma mater | |
| School | Process philosophy, continental philosophy |
| Institutions | Mississippi State University |
Main interests | Aesthetics, African American philosophy, African American philosophy of religion, critical theory, political philosophy |
Selected publications edit
- Common ground: A Comparison of the Ideas of Consciousness in the Writings of Howard W Thurman and Huey P. Newton (2015)[12]
- Howard Thurman's Philosophical Mysticism: Love Against Fragmentation (2019)[13]
- Philosophy and the Modern Era of the African American Freedom Struggle: A Freedom Gaze, (Lanham, MD: Lexington Press, 2022)[8]
- Crimes Against Humanity in the Land of the Free: Can a Truth and Reconciliation Process Heal Racial Conflict in America? (2014)
- (R) evolutions of Consciousness in Thurman and Newton: Anthony Neal, Author of Common Ground, Meets Critics Dwayne A. Tunstall and Felipe Hinojosa The Acorn 17 (1), 61-77 (2017)
- Howard Thurman's Mystical Logic: Creatively Encountering Oneness–A Logical Analysis of Thurman's Theology Black Theology 15 (3), 224-244 (2017)
- Connecting the Ideological Lineage: From W.E.B. Du Bois to Huey P. Newton, Journal of Pan African Studies 9 (4), 32-46 (2016)
- What Is Philosophy and What Is Its Purpose in Freemasonry?, Phylaxis 53 (4), 17-18 (2016)
- Imposing Morality: Cultural Perspectives on Truth, Apologies, and Forgiveness in the United States
References edit
- ^ Neal, Anthony (December 9, 2021). "Award Winners". MSU College of Arts and Sciences announces 2021 faculty award winners. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- ^ Neal, Anthony. "Fellows". AIPCT FELLOWS. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- ^ "2022 APA Prizes: Spring Edition - The American Philosophical Association". www.apaonline.org.
- ^ Neal, Anthony. "Faculty". Shackouls Honors College Fellows. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- ^ "MSU's Neal inducted into Morehouse College's MLK Jr. Collegium of Scholars". Mississippi State University. May 9, 2019.
- ^ "Faculty & Staff - [ Faculty - Dr. Anthony Neal ]". Mississippi State University.
- ^ Neal, Anthony (July 1, 2015). Common Ground: A Comparison of the Ideas of Consciousness in the Writings of Howard Thurman and Huey Newton. Africa World Press, Inc. ISBN 978-1592219971.
- ^ a b Philosophy and the Modern African American Freedom Struggle: A Freedom Gaze.
- ^ "African American Existentialism: DuBois, Locke, Thurman, and King". 1000wordphilosophy. February 16, 2021.
- ^ "Mississippi Philosophical Association". University of Mississippi.
- ^ Team, ITS Web Development. "Mississippi Philosophical Association Conference". Mississippi State University.
- ^ "Neal, Anthony Products - Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press". africaworldpressbooks.com.
- ^ Neal, Anthony Sean (September 2, 2017). "Howard Thurman's Mystical Logic: Creatively Encountering Oneness – A Logical Analysis of Thurman's Theology". Black Theology. 15 (3): 224–244. doi:10.1080/14769948.2017.1359008. S2CID 171554439.
External links edit
- Anthony Sean Neal publications indexed by Google Scholar