Self Definition - A Philosophical Inquiry From the Global South and Global North

This book argues that anatomy and biology frame our gender, sex and class, but they do not decide our possibilities. Our life styles are our own constructions and expressions of self definition. This argument draws in an original way from both the massive literature of the Global South and the Global North.

List of contents

Part One
Chapter 1 The Self in Ancient Egypt
Chapter 2 The Self in Classical Indian Thought
Chapter 3 Sri-Aurobindo
Chapter 4 The Self in Chinese Thought
Chapter 5 Buddhist Innovations
Chapter 6 The Self in Greek Thought
Chapter 7 Race, Sex, and Gender in the Quran
Chapter 8 The Self in the Enlightenment thinkers

Part Two
Chapter 9 Modernity and the Sexed and Gendered bodies
Chapter 10 The Idea of Existential Seriousness/Revolutionary Theory and Race
Chapter 11 Self-Definition
Conclusion Self-Definition

About the author

By Teodros Kiros

Summary

This book argues that anatomy and biology frame our gender, sex and class, but they do not decide our possibilities. Our life styles are our own constructions and expressions of self definition. This argument draws in an original way from both the massive literature of the Global South and the Global North.

Product details

• Authors: Teodros Kiros
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781793605948
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-594-8
• No. of pages: 140
• Series: Philosophy of Race
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works