African-American Perspectives and Philosophical Traditions (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Pittman, John

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A special issue of The Philosophical Forum , one of the most prestigious philosophy journals, is now available to a wider readership through its publication in book form. The volume includes twelve essays in three sections-- Philosophical Traditions; the African-American Tradition; and Racism, Identity, and Social Life. Contributors are: K. Anthony Appiah, Kwasi Wiredu, Lucius Outlaw, Leonard Harris, Bernard Boxill, Frank M. Kirkland, Tommy L. Lott, Adrian M.S. Piper, Laurence Thomas, Michele M. Moody-Adams, Anita L. Allen, and Howard McGary. The introduction is by John P. Pittman.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 1996
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136803338
• Artikelnr.: 47896171

Autorenporträt

John Pittman teaches at John Jay College of Criminal Justice at CUNY.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS: SECTION ONE: PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITIONS: 1. African
American Philosophy?
K. Anthony Appia; 2. African Philosophical Tradition: A Case Study of Akan
Kwasi Wiredu; 3. African, African American, Africana Philosophy
Lucius Outlaw; 4. The Horror of Tradition or How to burn Babylon and Build Benin While Reading A Preface to a Twenty
Volume Suicide Note
Leonard Harris; SECTION TWO: THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN TRADITION: 5. Two Traditions in African American Political Philosophy
Bernard Boxill; 6. Modernity and Intellectual Life in Black
Frank M. Kirkland; 7. Du Bois on the Invention of Race
Tommy L. Lott; SECTION THREE: RACISM, IDENTITY, AND SOCIAL LIFE: 8. Xenophobia and Kantian Rationalism
Adrian M.S. Piper; 9. Moral Deference
Laurence Thomas; 10. Race, Class, and the Social Construction of Self
Respect
Michele M. Moody
Adams; 11. The Role Model Argument and Faculty Diversity
Anita L. Allen; 12. Alienation and the African
American Experience
Howard McGary