Benjamin P. Davis is an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Hispanic Studies at Texas A&M University and a Fellow at the Center on Modernity in Transition. His work explores political theory, decolonial ethics, and questions of humanity through interdisciplinary engagement with philosophy, literature, and critical theory.
Davis is the author of three books. His first, Simone Weil’s Political Philosophy: Field Notes from the Margins, examines the thought of Simone Weil as a political theorist. His second, Choose Your Bearing: Édouard Glissant, Human Rights and Decolonial Ethics, explores the relevance of Édouard Glissant’s work for contemporary human rights practice. His third book, Another Humanity: Decolonial Ethics from Du Bois to Arendt, defends the concepts of “the human” and “humanity” against critical challenges in contemporary theory.
In addition to his writing, Davis has collaborated on projects engaging topics such as Stuart Hall’s ethics, vulnerability theory, and critical theory, and his broader scholarship reflects a commitment to rethinking ethics, politics, and human flourishing from decolonial and global perspectives.
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Benjamin P. Davis is an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Hispanic Studies at Texas A&M University and a Fellow at the Center on Modernity in Transition. His work explores political theory, decolonial ethics, and questions of humanity through interdisciplinary engagement with philosophy, literature, and critical theory.
Davis is the author of three books. His first, Simone Weil’s Political Philosophy: Field Notes from the Margins, examines the thought of Simone Weil as a political theorist. His second, Choose Your Bearing: Édouard Glissant, Human Rights and Decolonial Ethics, explores the relevance of Édouard Glissant’s work for contemporary human rights practice. His third book, Another Humanity: Decolonial Ethics from Du Bois to Arendt, defends the concepts of “the human” and “humanity” against critical challenges in contemporary theory.
In addition to his writing, Davis has collaborated on projects engaging topics such as Stuart Hall’s ethics, vulnerability theory, and critical theory, and his broader scholarship reflects a commitment to rethinking ethics, politics, and human flourishing from decolonial and global perspectives.
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