Clarity of concepts is not just an epistemological necessity, but it is an ethical obligation. If successful philosophy involves getting to "know ones' way around," which implies gaining greater clarity regarding some particular inchoate conceptual terrain, philosopher Gracia's Surviving Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality provides readers with an impressive, systematic, comprehensive, and insightful analysis for conceptually traversing such highly politically charged, historically dynamic, and existentially embodied concepts as race, ethnicity, and nationality.

- George Yancy, professor of philosophy, Emory University,

Gracia provides in lucid fashion a discussion of various contemporary accounts of the concepts of race, ethnicity and/or nationality. I highly recommend it!

- J Angelo Corlett, Professor of Philosophy & Ethics, San Diego State University,

Surviving Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality is the first book to explore philosophically the concepts of race, ethnicity, and nationality, and offer a systematic and unified theory emphasizing metaphysical and epistemological issues. Gracia argues for a familial, historical view of ethnicity and race in the tradition of Du Bois, and for a political view of nationality the roots of which can be traced to the French Enlightenment. Meticulous criticism of Appiah on race, Corlett on ethnicity, and Miller on nationality set the stage for the presentation of Gracia's own analytically precise discussion.. Surviving Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the distinctive ways that philosophy informs and clarifies our common understanding of these complex concepts.
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Surviving Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality is the first book of philosophy that explores race, ethnicity, and nationality together and attempts to present a systematic and unified theory about them with particular emphasis on the metaphysical and epistemological issues that these phenomena raise.
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Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Against Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality Chapter 3 Conceptual Foundations Chapter 4 Ethnicity Chapter 5 Race Chapter 6 Nationality Chapter 7 Surviving Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality Chapter 8 Bibliography Chapter 9 Index of Authors Chapter 10 Index of Subjects
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Clarity of concepts is not just an epistemological necessity, but it is an ethical obligation. If successful philosophy involves getting to "know ones' way around," which implies gaining greater clarity regarding some particular inchoate conceptual terrain, philosopher Gracia's Surviving Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality provides readers with an impressive, systematic, comprehensive, and insightful analysis for conceptually traversing such highly politically charged, historically dynamic, and existentially embodied concepts as race, ethnicity, and nationality.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780742550162
Publisert
2005-12-08
Utgiver
Vendor
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
236 mm
Bredde
178 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
240

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Om bidragsyterne

Jorge J.E. Gracia is Samuel P. Capen Chair and SUNY Distinguished Professor in the department of philosophy at SUNY Buffalo.