Racist Political Theory and the Mythology of Coherence
Political Theory: An International Journal of Political Philosophy
Published online on October 16, 2025
Abstract
Political Theory, Volume 54, Issue 3, Page 399-428, June 2026.
How should we deal with racist political theorists like Locke, Kant, and Jefferson? Does their racism affect their political theory? When they say “all men,” do they only mean all White men? Or is their racism a vile butpersonalprejudice that does not ...
How should we deal with racist political theorists like Locke, Kant, and Jefferson? Does their racism affect their political theory? When they say “all men,” do they only mean all White men? Or is their racism a vile butpersonalprejudice that does not ...