Philosophy and Hip-Hop

Julius Bailey is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Wittenberg University, USA. He is a philosopher, cultural critic, social theorist, and diversity lecturer. He is the editor of Jay-Z: Essays on Hip Hop's Philosopher King (2011), and the author of The Cultural Impact of Kanye West (2014), as well as numerous articles on hip-hop pedagogy and social justice issues. He can be found at www.juliusbailey.com.

Introduction
1. Of the Beauty and Wisdom of Hip-Hop
2. Firebrands and Battle Plans: Jean-Paul Sartre, Friedrich Nietzsche and G.W.F. Hegel
3. Conscious Hip-hop vs The Culture Industry
4. A Philosopher's glance at Hip-hop Pedagogy: Facing the Realities of the Socratic Classroom
5. Lost in the City and Lost in the Self: Sin and Solipsism in Hip Hop's Dystopia; St. Augustine, Toni Morrison, Paul Tillich
6. Hip Hop and International Voices of Revolution: Brazil, Cuba, Ghana and Egypt
7. The Artist and the Image: Ervin Goffman; Marshall McLuhan; Roland Barthes
8. The Catastrophe of Success: Marshall McLuhan, Gilles Delueze and Felix Guittari