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<p>In 1965, Amiri Baraka, formerly LeRoi Jones, stated that ethics and aesthetics are one. This became an axiom for the Black Arts Movement, undergirding its philosophical foundations. Within that statement, it seems clear that aesthetics becomes first philosophy, a move away from the Kantian notion that aesthetics is passive contemplation. This essay explores the implications of this move then and today.</p>

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Black Art: The Unification of Ethics and Aesthetics

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    2025年6月1日

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  • Victor Peterson II

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In 1965, Amiri Baraka, formerly LeRoi Jones, stated that ethics and aesthetics are one. This became an axiom for the Black Arts Movement, undergirding its philosophical foundations. Within that statement, it seems clear that aesthetics becomes first philosophy, a move away from the Kantian notion that aesthetics is passive contemplation. This essay explores the implications of this move then and today.