Philosophers on race [electronic resource] : critical essays / edited by Julie K. Ward and Tommy L. Lott.
This volume adds a new dimension to current research on race theory by examining its historical roots in the works of major Western philosophers. The essays included in this book span a wide range of topics, including the opposition between Greek and "barbarian" in the works of Plato and A...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | This volume adds a new dimension to current research on race theory by examining its historical roots in the works of major Western philosophers. The essays included in this book span a wide range of topics, including the opposition between Greek and "barbarian" in the works of Plato and Aristotle, the notion of racial difference employed in medieval Islamic thought, as well as the existence of racial categories within the social contract and Enlightenment theories of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Kant. The readings also discuss repercussions in the post-Enlightenment period in the views of Nietzsche, Mill, and Carlyle, and twentieth-century reflections on race in the thought of Heidegger, Dewey, Sartre, and Beauvoir. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 305 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470752043 0470752041 9780470753514 047075351X 9780631222262 063122226X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |