Doing Philosophy Personally: Thinking about Metaphysics, Theism, and Antiblack Racism

by Dwayne Tunstall

Book Overview

Gabriel Marcel's reflective method is animated by his extra-philosophical commitment to battle the ever-present threat of dehumanization in late Western modernity. Unfortunately, Marcel neglected to examine what is perhaps the most prevalent threat of dehumanization in Western modernity: antiblack racism. Without such an account, Marcel's reflective method is weakened because it cannot live up to its extra-philosophical commitment. Tunstall remedies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823251608
• ISBN13: 9780823251605
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"