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11%OFFLara Trout - The Politics of Survival: Peirce, Affectivity, and Social Criticism - 9780823232963 - V9780823232963
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The Politics of Survival: Peirce, Affectivity, and Social Criticism

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Description for The Politics of Survival: Peirce, Affectivity, and Social Criticism Paperback. Brings Peirce and social criticism into conversation Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.

How can sincere, well-meaning people unintentionally perpetuate discrimination based on race, sex, sexuality, or other socio-political factors? To address this question, Lara Trout engages a neglected dimension of Charles S. Peirce's philosophy - human embodiment - in order to highlight the compatibility between Peirce's ideas and contemporary work in social criticism. This compatibility, which has been neglected in both Peircean and social criticism scholarship, emerges when the body is fore-grounded among the affective dimensions of Peirce's philosophy (including feeling, emotion, belief, doubt, instinct, and habit). Trout explains unintentional discrimination by situating Peircean affectivity within a post-Darwinian context, using the work ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
American Philosophy
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823232963
SKU
V9780823232963
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About Lara Trout
Lara Trout is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Portland.

Reviews for The Politics of Survival: Peirce, Affectivity, and Social Criticism
"This is a brave book balancing strong scholarship, clear organization, and a provocative reading of Peirce."
-Roger Ward Georgetown College "Examines what is termed a neglected element of embodiment in the philosophy of Charles Sanders Pierce." -The Chronicle of Higher Education "The Politics of Survival provides a lucid, compelling, and exceptionally accessible account of the relevance of Peirce and ... Read more

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