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From very early on, Western philosophers have been obsessed with
the understanding of a relatively few works of philosophy which
have played a disproportionately large and fundamental role in
developing the Western philosophical canon, dominating the
curriculum in the past and in the present; there is no indication
that they will not do so in the future. Uses and Abuses of the
Classics examines the various ways in which the different periods
of the history of philosophy have approached these texts. The
editors have chosen for analysis some of the major philosophers
from periods of the history of philosophy in which the
interpretation of the classics has been particularly significant.
Contributions to this book include entries on: Aristotle's reading
of Plato; Averroes on Aristotle; Nietzsche on the Beginnings of
Western Philosophy; and Thomas Aquinas's Commentary on Aristotle's
Metaphysics.
The presence and impact of Hispanics/Latinos in the United States cannot be ignored. Already the largest minority group, by 2050 their numbers will exceed all the other minority groups in the United States combined. This volume, called by one US reviewer `the best set of essays that I have ever read on Latino identity and group rights', addresses the issues concerned through a varied and interdisciplinary approach. With first-rate scholarship from a group of internationally renowned, established contributors, this collection of cutting-edge material makes a significant contribution to Latin American studies as well as Philosophy and Ethnic studies.
The presence and impact of Hispanics/Latinos in the United States cannot be ignored. Already the largest minority group, by 2050 their numbers will exceed all the other minority groups in the United States combined. This volume, called by one US reviewer `the best set of essays that I have ever read on Latino identity and group rights', addresses the issues concerned through a varied and interdisciplinary approach. With first-rate scholarship from a group of internationally renowned, established contributors, this collection of cutting-edge material makes a significant contribution to Latin American studies as well as Philosophy and Ethnic studies.
From very early on, Western philosophers have been obsessed with
the understanding of a relatively few works of philosophy which
have played a disproportionately large and fundamental role in
developing the Western philosophical canon, dominating the
curriculum in the past and in the present; there is no indication
that they will not do so in the future. Uses and Abuses of the
Classics examines the various ways in which the different periods
of the history of philosophy have approached these texts. The
editors have chosen for analysis some of the major philosophers
from periods of the history of philosophy in which the
interpretation of the classics has been particularly significant.
Contributions to this book include entries on: Aristotle's reading
of Plato; Averroes on Aristotle; Nietzsche on the Beginnings of
Western Philosophy; and Thomas Aquinas's Commentary on Aristotle's
Metaphysics.
From the most prominent thinkers in Latin American philosophy,
literature, politics, and social science comes a challenge to
conventional theories of globalization. The contributors to this
volume imagine a discourse in which revolution is defined not as a
temporalized march of progress or takeover of state power, but as a
movement for local control that upholds standards of material
conditions for human dignity. Essays on identity, equality, and
ethics propose models of transcultural and intercultural relations
that replace center/periphery or world-systems approaches; they
impel us to focus on building dialogic relationships rather than on
accommodating universalized paradigms. Ultimately suggesting a
reconstruction of the world in terms of the interests of one of the
peripheral regions of the world, Latin American Perspectives on
Globalization argues with cogency and urgency that no one within
contemporary globalization debates can afford to ignore the Latin
American philosophical tradition.
This volume explores the relationship between rationality and
happiness from ancient Greek philosophy to early Latin medieval
philosophy. What connection is there between human rationality and
happiness? This issue was uppermost in the minds of the Ancient
Greek philosophers and continued to be of importance during the
entire early medieval period. Starting with theSocrates of Plato's
early dialogues, who is regarded as having initiated the
eudaimonistic ethical tradition, the present volume looks at Plato,
Aristotle, the Skeptics, Seneca [Stoicism], Epicurus, Plotinus
[neo-Platonism], Augustine, Boethius, Anselm, and ends with
Abelard, the final major figure in early medieval philosophy.
Special efforts are made to reveal and trace the continuity and
development of the views on rationality and happiness among these
major thinkers within this period. The book's approach is
historical, but the topics it treats are relevant to many
discussions pursued in contemporary philosophical circles.
Specifically, the book aims to make two major contributions to the
ongoing development of virtue ethics. First, contemporary virtue
ethics often draws distinctions between ancient Greek ethics and
modern moral philosophy [mainly utilitarianism and Kantianism], and
seeks to model ethics on ancient ethics. In doing so, however,
contemporary virtue ethics often ignores the transition from Greek
ethics to the early Latin medieval tradition. Second, contemporary
virtue-based ethics, in its efforts to seek insights from ancient
ethics, centers on virtue. In contrast, in ancient and medieval
ethics, virtue is pursued for the sake of happiness [eudaimonia],
and virtue is conceived as excellence of rationality. Hence, the
relationship between rationality and happiness provides the
framework for ethical inquiry within which the discussion of virtue
takes place. Contributors: JULIA ANNAS, RICHARD BETT, JORGE J.E.
GRACIA, BRAD INWOOD, WILLIAM MANN,JOHN MARENBON, GARETH B.
MATTHEWS, MARK L. McPHERRAN, DONALD MORRISON, C.C.W. TAYLOR,
JONATHAN SANFORD, JIYUAN YU. Jiyuan Yu is Assistant Professor of
Ancient Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Jorge J. E. Gracia is Samuel P. Capen Chair and SUNY Distinguised
Professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Comparative
Literature at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Few - including director Mel Gibson - were prepared for the
firestorm of controversy that followed the release of the
long-awaited Passion of the Christ. Reviled by many, but so popular
with others that the film has become one of the top grossers of all
time, The Passion has sparked intense debate everywhere from the
mainstream media to churches and synagogues to the water-cooler at
work. This timely collection of essays explores the film's
questions in-depth and expands on its themes. Topics covered
include why Christ was killed; whether moral responsibility is
possible when God knows what's going to happen; the relationship
between the film, anti-Semitism, and the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict; the role of women in The Passion; the influence of
visionary nun Catheryne Emmerich; the meaning of Judas; and much
more.
Although much has been written about Cuba after Castro, relatively
little has been written about Cuba before Castro. The political
reality of Castro's Revolution has created a historical void about
this period, paying insufficient attention to an important century
before 1959. Cuba has become a political punching bag, between
supporters and critics of Castro and the Revolution, making it
difficult to understand real life in Cuba because of the
disproportionate preoccupation with, and monopoly of, the political
reality on the island. In spite of some attempts, it continues to
be easier and perceived as more pressing, to write about politics
rather than the reality that Cubans experienced in their daily
lives- their sufferings and celebrations, successes and failures,
lives and deaths, and beliefs and disbeliefs. Going for and against
the avalanche of information about the political authenticity in
and out of Cuba, most Cubans have tended to forget that Cuba is
much larger than the perceived reality after Castro's Revolution.
Too many have failed to remember the Cubans who have lived and
worked in Cuba in the century before an important period of Cuban
history where the nation was forged. Indeed, even limited attention
reveals a rich and sophisticated society that calls for study. In
this book Jorge J.E. Gracia approaches this situation by telling
true stories about some members of his family (Doctor Ignacio
Gracia, Maruca Otero, the Marques de Arguelles, and many others)
who lived during a culturally rich century before Castro. He hopes
to entice historians, academics, tourists and others, to pursue a
balanced exploration of the island by telling part of their
stories. This enterprise is neither history nor fiction, but
memories written by a Cuban who left Cuba when he was eighteen
years old and has become a distinguished philosopher in the United
States.
Latin America - its people, its politics, its economy - has burst
upon the world scene with powerful images that have captured the
curiosity of many English-speaking North Americans. The strategic
importance of this vast region to the stability of the Western
Hemisphere serves to accentuate the need for a thoughtful
contemporary exploration of its philosophical underpinnings. More
than thirty years have passed since a representative collection of
readings by major twentieth-century Latin American philosophers was
made available in English. Jorge J E Gracia fills this
long-standing gap by harvesting some of the best minds whose work
is synonymous with quintessential Latin American scholarship.The
selections in this valuable compendium combine the richness, the
diversity, and the extraordinary intensity of fourteen great
thinkers - the result of which is nothing less than a testament to
the philosophical power that is unmistakably Latin American.
Translations are provided for carefully chosen readings from the
major works of Carlos Astrada, Augusto Salazar Bondy, Antonio
Casio, Alejandro Octavio Deustua, Carlos Vaz Ferreira, Risieri
Frondizi, Alejandro Korn, Francisco Miro Quesada, Samuel Ramos,
Miguel Reale, Arturo Andres Roig, Francisco Romero, Jose
Vasconcelos, and Leopoldo Zea. These fascinating theorists are
brought together to address the themes of interpreting man, his
values, and his continuous search for philosophical identity.The
text is designed to guide students and professionals alike in their
study of Latin American philosophy, and to serve as a point of
departure for further investigation. Substantial introductory
essays and short bio-bibliographical notes on the contributors
chart the history of Latin American thought in this century - a
history steeped in European and North American influences as well
as emergent liberation movements from within.
Philosophy in Multiple Voices invites transactional dialogue,
critical imagination, and the desire to travel to enter those
discursive spaces where the love of wisdom gets inflected through
both lived embodiment and situational history. The text raises
significant meta-philosophical questions around the issue of who
constitutes the 'philosophical we' through a delineation and
valorization of multiple philosophical voices-African-American,
Afro-Caribbean, Asian-American, Feminist, Latin-American, Lesbian,
Native-American and Queer-that set forth complex concerns around
canon formation, the relationship between philosophical discursive
configurations and issues of gendered, sexed, racial and ethnic
identities, the dynamic of shifting philosophical historical
trajectories, differential philosophical visions, sensibilities,
and philosophical praxes that are still largely underrepresented
within the institutional confines of 'mainstream' philosophy. The
text encourages philosophical heterogeneity as a value that ought
to be nurtured.
This excellent collection is the most complete anthology of Latin
American philosophers in English available today. Leading
philosophers from several different Latin American countries and
from various periods in the history of Latin American thought are
included. Though the main focus is upon the rich contemporary
period, several key texts from the colonial and independent period
are included to provide the reader with some historical background.
Dividing the work into four major sections - Colonial Beginnings
and Independence, Philosophical Anthropology, Values, and The
Search for Identity - the editors complement their selections with
introductions to the themes covered in each section and brief
biographies of each author. An up-to-date bibliography provides the
reader with information on the latest work done in the field, both
in English and Spanish. This outstanding compilation is accessible
enough to serve as an introduction to the field, while at the same
time it is sufficiently sophisticated to be of use even to advanced
scholars specializing in Latin American philosophy. It will serve
as an important resource for students and teachers dedicated to a
more pluralistic canon of philosophical texts.
The essayist and cultural commentator Ilan Stavans and the analytic
philosopher Jorge J. E. Gracia share long-standing interests in the
intersection of art and ideas. Here they take thirteen pieces of
Latino art, each reproduced in color, as occasions for thematic
discussions. Whether the work at the center of a particular
conversation is a triptych created by the brothers Einar and Jamex
de la Torre, Andres Serrano's controversial Piss Christ, a mural by
the graffiti artist BEAR_TCK, or Above All Things, a photograph by
Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Stavans and Gracia's exchanges
inevitably open out to literature, history, ethics, politics,
religion, and visual culture more broadly. Autobiographical details
pepper Stavans and Gracia's conversations, as one or the other
tells what he finds meaningful in a given work. Sparkling with
insight, their exchanges allow the reader to eavesdrop on two
celebrated intellectuals-worldly, erudite, and unafraid to
disagree-as they reflect on the pleasures of seeing.
Aristotle analyzed the popular art of his time: the tragedies and
epics. Why should philosophers today not do likewise? Perhaps we
can learn something from children's stories by subverting the
dominant paradigm of adult authority and admitting with Socrates
that we don't know all the answers. Perhaps Batman has ethical
lessons to teach that generalize beyond the pages of comic books.
Is it better to like Mozart than it is to like Madonna? Kurt Cobain
gave voice to the attitude of a generation, singing, 'Here we are,
now entertain us.' Is entertainment a bad thing, or could it
actually have value-and not just instrumental value?
Aristotle analyzed the popular art of his time: the tragedies and
epics. Why should philosophers today not do likewise? Perhaps we
can learn something from children's stories by subverting the
dominant paradigm of adult authority and admitting with Socrates
that we don't know all the answers. Perhaps Batman has ethical
lessons to teach that generalize beyond the pages of comic books.
Is it better to like Mozart than it is to like Madonna? Kurt Cobain
gave voice to the attitude of a generation, singing, 'Here we are,
now entertain us.' Is entertainment a bad thing, or could it
actually have value-and not just instrumental value?
Philosophy in Multiple Voices invites transactional dialogue,
critical imagination, and the desire to travel to enter those
discursive spaces where the love of wisdom gets inflected through
both lived embodiment and situational history. The text raises
significant meta-philosophical questions around the issue of who
constitutes the "philosophical we" through a delineation and
valorization of multiple philosophical voices-African-American,
Afro-Caribbean, Asian-American, Feminist, Latin-American, Lesbian,
Native-American and Queer-that set forth complex concerns around
canon formation, the relationship between philosophical discursive
configurations and issues of gendered, sexed, racial and ethnic
identities, the dynamic of shifting philosophical historical
trajectories, differential philosophical visions, sensibilities,
and philosophical praxes that are still largely underrepresented
within the institutional confines of "mainstream" philosophy. The
text encourages philosophical heterogeneity as a value that ought
to be nurtured.
This collection of essays explores the relation between race and
ethnicity and its social and political implications. Although much
work has been done on the philosophy of race in the past century in
the US, the concept of ethnicity has only recently awoken the
interest of American philosophers.
"What is race? What is ethnicity? Should we think of them as
identities? Can they be effectively individuated? How are they
related? How do the relations between them influence pressing
issues concerned with social identity, gender, racism,
assimilation, exploitation, justice, the law, and public policy?
And how are the answers to these questions affected by the Black
and Latino experience in the United States" From the Preface
This collection of new essays explores the relation between race
and ethnicity and its social and political implications. Although
much work has been done on the philosophy of race in the past
century in the United States, the concept of ethnicity has only
recently awoken the interest of American philosophers, and the
relations between race and ethnicity remain largely unexamined.
The discussion is divided into two parts dealing, on the one
hand, with the nature and the relation between race and ethnicity
and, on the other, with the social consequences of the complex
relations between them. Part I explores in particular the debated
topic of racial and ethnic identities: Does it make sense to speak
of racial and ethnic identities, and especially of black and Latino
identities? And if it does make sense, how should these identities
be conceptualized, and how are they related to gender? Part II
examines how race and ethnicity have influenced the lot of some
social groups in significant ways: How do racially defined
institutions deal with racial assimilation? How do different
conceptions of race and ethnicity influence public policy and
various forms of racism? How can exploited racial and ethnic groups
be effectively recognized? And what is the role of affect in social
justice as dispensed by the courts?
Contributors: Linda Martin Alcoff, Syracuse University;K.
Anthony Appiah, Princeton University;Robert Bernasconi, University
of Memphis;J. Angelo Corlett, San Diego State University;J. L. A.
Garcia, Boston College;Jorge J. E. Gracia, University at
Buffalo;Howard McGary, Rutgers University;Eduardo Mendieta, Stony
Brook University;Susana Nuccetelli, University of Texas Pan
American;Kenneth Shockley, University at Buffalo;Diego A. von
Vacano, Texas A & M University;Naomi Zack, University of
Oregon"
By offering the first systematic analysis of the nature of the
discipline, Metaphysics and Its Task answers why metaphysics always
recovers from the attacks it has been subjected to throughout its
history. This is done by examining its object, method, aim, and the
and of propositions of which it is composed. In addition to
presenting a new conception of metaphysics and an explanation of
the resilience of the discipline, the book offers a novel
understanding of the nature and ontological status of categories,
an analysis of the nature of reductionism and its role in
philosophy, and a discussion and criticism of the main views
concerning the nature of metaphysics de eloped in the history of
philosophy. In this nonsectarian book Gracia uses sources ranging
from Plato and Aquinas, to Collingwood and Strawson. Written in
nontechnical language, it is accompanied by detailed
bibliographical references.
Explores the relationship between philosophy and art through the
work of Cuban American artist Carlos Estevez.
In this groundbreaking book, Jorge J. E. Gracia explores the
artistic interpretation of fiction from a philosophical
perspective. Focusing on the work of Jorge Luis Borges, one of the
most celebrated literary figures of Latin America, Gracia offers
original interpretations of twelve of Borges s most famous stories
about identity and memory, freedom and destiny, and faith and
divinity. He also examines twenty-four artistic interpretations of
these stories two for each by contemporary Argentinean and Cuban
artists such as Carlos Estevez, Leon Ferrari, Mirta Kupferminc,
Nicolas Menza, and Estela Pereda. This philosophical exploration of
how artists have interpreted literature contributes to both
aesthetics and hermeneutics, makes new inroads into the
understanding of Borges s work, and introduces readers to two of
the most vibrant artistic currents today. Color images of the
artworks discussed are included."
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