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Race and Racism in Modern Philosophy

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Description for Race and Racism in Modern Philosophy Paperback. Editor(s): Valls, Andrew. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.

Is modern philosophy racist? Do such canonical philosophers as Descartes, Hobbes, Leibniz, Spinoza, the British Empiricists, and the German Idealists lend support, if only indirectly, to racist doctrines? Or do their ideas contain the resources to critique or even reject racist theories? An innovative and substantial intervention in critical race theory, Race and Racism in Modern Philosophy brings together an impressive roster of thinkers to trace the question of race in modern philosophical inquiry and explore its influence on contemporary philosophy. From Locke's treatment of the issue of slavery and Descartes's silence on the issue to Hegel's philosophy of religion ... Read more

Contributors: Robert Bernasconi, University of Memphis; Anthony Bogues, Brown University; Bernard R. Boxill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Peter Fenves, Northwestern University; Barbara Hall, Georgia State University; Michael H. Hoffheimer, University of Mississippi; Anika Maaza Mann, Morgan State University; Charles W. Mills, University of Illinois, Chicago; Debra Nails, Michigan State University; Richard T. Peterson, Michigan State University; Timothy J. Reiss, New York University; William Uzgalis, Oregon State University; Andrew Valls, Oregon State University

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
294
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
438g
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801472749
SKU
V9780801472749
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About Andrew Valls
Andrew Valls teaches political philosophy at Oregon State University.

Reviews for Race and Racism in Modern Philosophy
"Valls provides a clear, useful introduction to the issues, after which he and twelve other contributors arraign major figures from Descartes through Nietzsche, usually drawing appropriate nuanced conclusions. Each chapter cites most or all of the significant race-related remarks of the thinker under review. Recommended."—Choice, April 2006 "The analyses and explorations at the heart of this book are long overdue: ... Read more

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