Yancy Reframing the Practice of Philosophy

Bodies of Color, Bodies of Knowledge
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4384-4004-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 405 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series, Philosophy and Race

Reflections by leading Latin American and African American philosophers on their identity within the field of philosophy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yancy, George

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Inappropriate Philosophical Subjects?
George Yancy

PART I: Colonization/Decolonization: Philosophy and Canon Formation

1. Alien and Alienated
Linda Martín Alcoff

2. Philosophy Raced, Philosophy Erased
Charles Mills

3. Attracting Latinos/as to Philosophy: Today’s Challenges
Ofelia Schutte

4. Philosophical Canons and Philosophical Traditions: The Case of Latin American Philosophy
Jorge J. E. Gracia

5. Metaphilosophical Internalism and the Possibility of a Distinctive Latin American Philosophy
Jesús H. Aguilar

PART II: Racism, the Academy, and the Practice of Philosophy

6. On the Politics of Professional Philosophy: The Plight of the African-American Philosopher
John H. McClendon III

7. Migrant, Migra, Mongrel: The Latin American Dishwasher, Busboy, and Colored/Ethnic/Diversity (Philosophy) Hire
Eduardo Mendieta

8. Why Are Hispanic Philosophers Marginalized in the American Philosophical Community?
Gregory Fernando Pappas

9. Philosophical Playa Hatin’: Race, Respect, and the Philosophy Game
Bill E. Lawson

PART III: Gender, Ethnicity, and Race

10. Toward a Place Where I Can Bring All of Me: Identity Formation and Philosophy
Jacqueline Scott

11. Re-Reading Plato’s Symposium through the Lens of a Black Woman
Donna-Dale Marcano

12. Defending Gender and Ethnic Philosophies
Oscar R. Martí

PART IV: Philosophy and the Geopolitics of Knowledge Production

13. Thinking at the Limits of Philosophy and Doing Philosophy Elsewhere: From Philosophy to Decolonial Thinking
Nelson Maldonado-Torres

14. Thinking Through the Americas Today: A Philosophical Perspective
Lewis R. Gordon

PART V: Philosophy, Language, and Hegemony

15. Geneva Smitherman: The Social Ontology of African-American Languaging, the Power of Nommo, and the Dynamics of Resistance and Identity Through Language
George Yancy

16. Language, Power, and Philosophy: Some Comments on the Exclusion of Spanish from the Philosophical Canon
Elizabeth Millan-Zaibert

17. Linguistic Hegemony and Linguistic Resistance: English, Spanish, and American Philosophy
José Medina

Contributor Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

George Yancy is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Duquesne University. His many books include Black Bodies, White Gazes: The Continuing Significance of Race.