The Political Philosophy of the Young Lords Party in advance

This paper provides a philosophical interpretation of the New York Young Lords Party by asking, what are the load-bearing elements of their worldview that, through their causal efficacy, demand to be understood as central to the meaning of political phenomena according to the group? I take two paths to answer to the question. First, the agent of revolution, whose identity takes multiple forms as central commitments shift. Second, sites of contestation that map the topics, concepts, and claims competing for space in the group’s vision: structures of exploitation and injustice, social identity, political economy, and place. Taken together, they form a synoptic vision, an overarching perspective that captures and holds together the group’s divergent parts

Moral philosophy · Political philosophy · Politics · Realigning election · Political Systems and Governance · Political Theory and Influence · Scottish History and National Identity