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This book explores the experiences and philosophical work product of mixed race philosophers, as well as possible links between the two. Some books address mixed-race identity, and some anthologies focus on mixed-race identity, but this is the first anthology on the philosophy of mixed-race, and the first anthology by mixed-race philosophers.
List of contents
Foreword, by Linda Martín Alcoff
Editor's Introduction: Toward a Mixed Race Theory, by Tina Fernandes Botts
Part 1: Mixed Race Political Theory
Chapter 1: Responsible Multiracial Politics, with a new postscript, by Ronald Robles Sundstrom
Chapter 2: Mixed Race Identity in Britain: Finding Our Roots in the Post Racial Era, by Gabriella Beckles-Raymond
Part 2: Mixed Race Metaphilosophy
Chapter 3: Through the Looking Glass: What Philosophy Looks Like from the Inside When You're Not Quite There, by Marina Oshana
Chapter 4: Being and Not Being, Knowing and Not Knowing, by Jennifer Lisa Vest
Chapter 5: A Mixed Race (Philosophical) Experience, by Tina Fernandes Botts
Part 3: Mixed Race Ontology
Chapter 6: The Fluid Symbol of Mixed Race, by Naomi Zack
Chapter 7: On Being Mixed, by Linda Martín Alcoff
Chapter 8: Race and Ethnic Identity, by J.L.A. Garcia
Part 4: Mixed Race and Major Figures
Chapter 9: Through a Glass, Darkly: A Mixed-Race Du Bois, by Celena Simpson
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About the author
Tina Fernandes Botts is assistant professor of philosophy at California State University, Fresno.Tina Fernandes Botts is assistant professor of philosophy at California State University, Fresno.Naomi Zack is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Lehman College, CUNY. Her recent books are Ethics and Race: Past and Present Intersections and Controversies, The American Tragedy of COVID-19: Social and Political Crises of 2020, Progressive Anonymity: From Identity Politics to Evidence-Based Government, and Reviving the Social Compact: Inclusive Citizenship in an Age of Extreme Politics.Timothy J. Golden is professor of philosophy at Whitman College.
Summary
This book explores the experiences and philosophical work product of mixed race philosophers, as well as possible links between the two. Some books address mixed-race identity, and some anthologies focus on mixed-race identity, but this is the first anthology on the philosophy of mixed-race, and the first anthology by mixed-race philosophers.
