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Informationen zum Autor Bernard Boxill has devoted his professional life to philosophical analysis of policies related to race and racism. He is currently Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and has previously taught at the University of California Santa Barbara and the University of South Florida. Professor Boxill is also the author of Blacks and Social Justice (Rowman and Littlefield: 1984, 1992). Klappentext Investigating the meaning of race and racism! the eighteen superb essays in this book not only explore the nature of these controversial ideas but also promote an awareness of them. With an introduction examining the themes and conflicting ideas present in the book! and including a previously unpublished piece on the alleged racism of Immanuel Kant! this book stimulates a critical appreciation of the true meaning and far-reaching implications of an understanding of race and racism. As part of the successful Oxford Readings in Philosophy series! it engages readers with a range of ideas that will contribute to a profound insight into these highly provocative topics. Zusammenfassung The 18 essays in this work deal with the meaning of two highly contested ideas: race and racism. Bernard Boxill has collected a wide range of analytical writing, with the aim of stimulating a critical understanding of the true meaning and implications of an understanding of race and racism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Naomi Zack: Race and Philosophic Meaning 2: Lucius Outlaw: Toward a Critical Theory of 'Race' 3: Marylin Frye: White Woman Feminist 1983-1992 4: Pierre van den Berghe: Does Race Matter? 5: Ned Block: How Heritability Misleads about Race 6: Michael Levin: Responses to Race Differences in Crime 7: Richard A. Wasserstrom: Rights, Human Rights, and Racial Discrimination 8: Adrian Piper: Two Kinds of Discrimination 9: Tariq Modood: Difference, Cultural Racism and Anti-Racism 10: Jorge Garcia: The Heart of Racism 11: Ronald Dworkin: Bakke's Case: Are Quotes Unfair? 12: Richard A. Wasserstrom: Racism and Sexism 13: Laurence Thomas: Sexism and Racism: Some Conceptual Differences 14: Laurence Thomas: Group Autonomy and Narrative Identity: Blacks and Jews 15: Kwame Anthony Appiah: African Identities 16: Iris Marion Young: Social Movements and the Politics of Difference 17: Robert Gooding-Williams: Race, Multiculturalism and Democracy 18: Thomas E. Hill Jr. and Bernard Boxill: Kant and Race Notes on the Contributors Bibliography Index ...
