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Philosophy and the Mixed Race Experience is a collection of essays
by philosophers about the mixed race experience. Each essay is
meant to represent one of three possible things: (1) what the
philosopher sees as the philosopher's best work, (2) evidence of
the possible impact of the philosopher's mixed race experience on
the philosopher's work, or (3) the philosopher's philosophical take
on the mixed race experience. The book has two primary goals: (1)
to collect together for the first time the work of professional,
academic philosophers who have had the mixed race experience, and
(2) to bring these essays together for the purpose of adding to the
conversation on the question of the degree to which factical
identity and philosophical work may be related. The book also
examines the possible relationship between the mixed race
experience and certain philosophical positions.
As a director, writer, and producer, Christopher Nolan has
substantially impacted contemporary cinema through avant garde
films, such as Following and Memento, and his contribution to wider
pop culture with his Dark Knight trilogy. His latest film,
Interstellar, delivered the same visual qualities and complex,
thought-provoking plotlines his audience anticipates. The
Philosophy of Christopher Nolan collects sixteen essays, written by
professional philosophers and film theorists, discussing themes
such as self-identity and self-destruction, moral choice and moral
doubt, the nature of truth and its value, whether we can trust our
perceptions of what's "real," the political psychology of heroes
and villains, and what it means to be a "viewer" of Nolan's films.
Whether his protagonists are squashing themselves like a bug,
struggling to create an identity and moral purpose for themselves,
suffering from their own duplicitous plots, donning a mask that
both strikes fear and reveals their true nature, or having to weigh
the lives of those they love against the greater good, there are no
simple solutions to the questions Nolan's films provoke; exploring
these questions yields its own reward.
Philosophy and the Mixed Race Experience is a collection of essays
by philosophers about the mixed race experience. Each essay is
meant to represent one of three possible things: (1) what the
philosopher sees as the philosopher's best work, (2) evidence of
the possible impact of the philosopher's mixed race experience on
the philosopher's work, or (3) the philosopher's philosophical take
on the mixed race experience. The book has two primary goals: (1)
to collect together for the first time the work of professional,
academic philosophers who have had the mixed race experience, and
(2) to bring these essays together for the purpose of adding to the
conversation on the question of the degree to which factical
identity and philosophical work may be related. The book also
examines the possible relationship between the mixed race
experience and certain philosophical positions.
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