African-American Perspectives and Philosophical Traditions

Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-0-415-91639-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pittman, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Interkulturelle Philosophie, Weltphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Afrikanische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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