Racism and Philosophy
Racism and Philosophy by Susan E. Babbitt, published by Cornell University Press in 1999, is a first edition work comprising 295 pages. This book explores the significant implications of racism within the field of philosophy, highlighting how it affects both the practice of philosophy and the individuals involved in the discipline. Babbitt presents a compelling argument that racism is a concern for all philosophers, while also emphasizing its relevance to race theorists.
Readers will find contributions from a distinguished group of authors who address the intersections of race and philosophy, examining how analyses of race can enrich discussions in various philosophical domains, including ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology. The book argues that contemporary philosophy often overlooks racism, inadvertently perpetuating it, while also noting that anti-racist theorists frequently engage with philosophical concepts without fully understanding their implications. Racism and Philosophy serves as a critical resource for those interested in the ethical and social dimensions of discrimination, making it relevant for both philosophers and theorists of race.
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By definitively establishing that racism has broad implications for how the entire field of philosophy is practiced–and by whom–this powerful and convincing book puts all members of the discipline on notice that racism concerns them. It simultaneously demonstrates to race theorists the significance of philosophy for their work.
A distinguished cast of authors takes a stand on the importance of race, focusing on the insights that analyses of race and racism can make to philosophy–not just to ethics and political philosophy but also to the more abstract debates of metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and epistemology. Contemporary philosophy, the authors argue, continues to evade racism and, as a result, often helps to promote it. At the same time, anti-racist theorists in many disciplines regularly draw on crucial notions of objectivity, rationality, agency, individualism, and truth without adequate knowledge of philosophical analyses of these very concepts.
Racism and Philosophy demonstrates the impossibility of talking thoughtfully about race without recourse to philosophy. Written to engage readers with a wide variety of interests, this is an essential book for all theorists of race and for all philosophers.
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