ISBN:
9780197685228
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (425 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
155.82
Keywords:
Kant, Immanuel,-1724-1804
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Ethnopsychology
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This is a pathbreaking book on how to talk about racism--not only Kant's racism but also racism more generally. It challenges the prevailing individualistic approach to Kant's racism and invites the reader to think about the issue in a more holistic, thoughtful, and transformative way. Using Kant as a case study, it shows that history is not just something to be read, but something we still live with, and that oftentimes we must see the past more clearly to bring about a better future.
Abstract:
Cover -- Kant, Race, and Racism -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Note on Sources and Abbreviations -- General Introduction -- I.1. The Debate Continues -- I.2. It Is Not Just about Kant: Reconceptualizing His Relation to Racism -- I.3. Is There Really a "Contradiction"? -- I.4. Locating Kant's Racial Views in His System -- I.5. Kant's Philosophy and Antiracism -- I.6. About the Title and Plan of This Book -- PART I REFRAMING THE DISCOURSE -- 1. Where Is the "Contradiction"?-Reconsidering the Place of Race in Kant's System -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Arguing from an Assumed Contradiction: A Literature Review -- 1.3. Racism and Kant's Moral Universalism: A Noncontradictory Pairing -- 1.4. From What Nature Makes of Man to What Man Can Make of Himself: Raciology in Kant's System -- 1.4.1. Physical Geography as the Original Home of Racialism -- 1.4.2. The Racist Upshot in Pragmatic Anthropology -- 1.5. Three Levels of Discourse: Pure Morals, Anthropology, and Geography -- 1.6. Conclusion -- 2. "Racism" in What Sense?-Reconceptualizing Kant's Relation to Racism -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Characterizations of Kant's "Racism": A Preliminary Overview -- 2.3. Which "Racism"?-In Search of a Better Way to Conceptualize Kant's Relation to Racism -- 2.3.1. How Interpreters of Kant Have Conceptualized Racism -- 2.3.2. How Some Race Theorists Have Analyzed Racism -- 2.4. Kant and the Racist-Ideological Formation -- 2.5. Conclusion -- PART II SEEING "RACE" -- 3. Investigating Nature under the Guidance of Reason-Kant's Approach to "Race" as a Naturforscher -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Investigating "race" from the Standpoint of a Naturforscher: A Sketch of Kant's View -- 3.3. Commitments of a Naturforscher: Some Telling Clues in Kant's Early Works -- 3.4. A Theory of Hypothesis for the Kantian Naturforscher.
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