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Philosophy in Multiple Voices
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 290

Philosophy in Multiple Voices

The scope of Philosophy in Multiple Voices provides the reader with eight philosophical streams of thought-African-American, Afro-Caribbean, Asian-American, Feminist, Latin-American, Lesbian, Native-American and Queer-that introduce readers to alternative, complex philosophical questions concerning gendered, sexed, racial and ethnic identities, canon formation, and meta-philosophy. The overriding theme of the text is that philosophy is pluralistic in voice, rich in diversity, and ought to valorize democratic intellectual spaces of philosophical engagement.

The Anxiety of Autonomy and the Aesthetics of German Orientalism
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 279

The Anxiety of Autonomy and the Aesthetics of German Orientalism

A history of Kantian and post-Kantian thought and of a foundational stage of German orientalism. German orientalism has been understood, variously, as a form of latent colonialism, as a quest for academic hegemony in Europe, and as an effort to diagnose and treat the ills of modern Western culture. Nicholas Germana identifiesa different impetus for orientalism in German thought, seeing it as an effort to come to grips with the Other within German society at the turn of the nineteenth century and within the dynamics of subjectivity itself. Drawing largely on work by feminist scholars, the book uncovers an anxiety at the core of Kantian and post-Kantian thought, thus shedding light on its dero...

Feminist Philosophy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 61

Feminist Philosophy

Feminist philosophy has emerged as a critical lens for understanding and deconstructing gender roles, power structures, and the ways in which societal norms shape individual identities. At its core, feminist philosophy challenges traditional, patriarchal systems that often position women and marginalized genders as secondary to men. It is not merely a critique of these systems but an exploration of alternative ways of thinking about power, justice, and equality. Feminist philosophers have sought to unravel the deep-rooted assumptions about gender, questioning how these assumptions limit the full potential of individuals and societies. The intersection of gender, power, and identity plays a p...

Goethe Yearbook 18
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 351

Goethe Yearbook 18

New essays on topics spanning the Age of Goethe, with a special section of fresh views of Goethe and Idealism. The Goethe Yearbook is a publication of the Goethe Society of North America, publishing original English-language contributions to the understanding of Goethe and other authors of the Goethezeit, while also welcomingcontributions from scholars around the world. Volume 18 features a special section on Goethe and Idealism, edited by Elizabeth Millán and John H. Smith and including essays on Goethe and Spinoza; Goethe's notions of intuition and intuitive judgment; Novalis, Goethe, and Romantic science; Goethe and Humboldt's presentation of nature; Hegel's Faust; Goethe contra Hegel on...

Reframing the Practice of Philosophy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 409

Reframing the Practice of Philosophy

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-01-01
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  • Publisher: SUNY Press

This daring and bold book is the first to create a textual space where African American and Latin American philosophers voice the complex range of their philosophical and meta-philosophical concerns, approaches, and visions. The voices within this book protest and theorize from their own standpoints, delineating the specific existential, philosophical, and professional problems they face as minority philosophical voices.

Practical Philosophy from Kant to Hegel
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 287

Practical Philosophy from Kant to Hegel

This volume explores the development of post-Kantian practical philosophy through the themes of freedom, right, and revolution.

The Making of Barack Obama
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 244

The Making of Barack Obama

The Making of Barack Obama: The Politics of Persuasion provides the first comprehensive treatment of why Obama’s rhetorical strategies were so effective during the 2008 presidential campaign, during the first four years of his presidency, and once again during the 2012 presidential campaign.

Literary Philosophers
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 260

Literary Philosophers

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Words and Notes in the Long Nineteenth Century
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 270

Words and Notes in the Long Nineteenth Century

A new wave of scholarship inspired by the ways the writers and musicians of the long nineteenth century themselves approached the relationship between music and words.