Western philosophys relationship with prisons stretches from Platos own incarceration to the modern era of mass incarceration.Philosophy Imprisoned: The Love of Wisdom in the Age of Mass Incarceration draws together a broad range of philosophical thinkers, from both inside and outside prison walls, in the United States and beyond, who draw on a variety of critical perspectives (including phenomenology, deconstruction, and feminist theory) and historical and contemporary figures in philosophy (including Kant, Hegel, Foucault, and Angela Davis) to think about prisons in this new historical era. All of these contributors have experiences within prison walls: some are or have been incarcerated, some have taught or are teaching in prisons, and all have been students of both philosophy and the carceral system. The powerful testimonials and theoretical arguments are appropriate reading not only for philosophers and prison theorists generally, but also for prison reformers and abolitionists.

Editors Sarah Tyson and Joshua M. Hall convene an international group of philosophical thinkers¿from both inside and outside prison walls¿who draw on a variety of historical figures and critical perspectives to think about prisons in our new historical era. Some contributors are incarcerated, while others teach in prisons, but all have been students of both philosophy and the carceral system. Thus, the book concerns not only philosophers and prison theorists generally, but also prison reformers and abolitionists.

Part I: Identity
1. Reforming Me, Philosophy,Timothy Greenlee
2. Whats Wrong with Us?: Outsider Ethics and Mass Incarceration,Chris Lenn
3. Emancipating the Carceral Subject: A Propaedeutic to an Integrated Prison Pedagogy,John Douglas Macready
4. Women Haters Club: Maximized Misogyny in Mens Prisons and Its Tie to the Patriarchy,Anders Andy Benander, III
5. Criminal Masculinity: Male Prisons and the Construction of Gender,Natalie Cisneros
6. Du Bois, Foucault, and Self-Torsion: Criterion of Imprisoned Art,Joshua M. Hall
7. One Foot in Darkness,Spoon Jackson

Part Two: Community
8. A Prisoners Perspective on Prison,Arlando Tray Jones III
9. Awakenings and Seductions: Text, Literacy and the Lived Experience of Fathers in Prison,William MuthandGinger Walker
10. Hegel Goes to Prison: Punishment, Education, and Mutual Recognition,Eric Anthamatten
11. Unchained Melody: Philosophical Reflections from theWorking Classics Program,Michael DeWilde with students Abigail DeHart, Katie Stefanek and Emily Stroka
12. Just Visiting: Epistemic Obstacles to Justice on Death Row,Lisa McLeod
13. Prisoners: Theyre Animals and Their Animals,Drew Leder with Vincent Greco
14. Organizing Dead Matter into Effective Energy,Andre Pierce
15. Re-humanizing the Inmate: Wacquant on Race-making, Sequestered Spaces, and the Quest for a We Narrative,Cynthia Nielsen
16. Free Spirit in the House of the Dead,Atif Rafay
17. Cartesian Meditations: Voice, Body, Mind and Prison,Aislinn ODonnell and Anonymous Contributors