Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 176 pages) |
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American philosophy |
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American philosophy.
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Contents |
Marcel's Reflective Method -- Transcending Philosophy by Teleologically Suspending Philosophy -- Living in a Broken World -- Lewis Gordon on Antiblack Racism -- Criticizing Marcel's Reflective Method |
Summary |
The author contends that Gabriel Marcel's reflective method is animated by two extraphilosophical commitments. Marcel's first extraphilosophical commitment is to an ethico-religious insight where the highest ontological exigency for human persons is to participate in being. Marcel's second extra-philosophical commitment is to battle the ever-present threat of dehumanisation in late Western modernity. The importance of these two commitments to Marcel's reflective method can be appreciated better if one views it as a teleological suspension of philosophy. 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. Here, the author addresses Marcel's shortcoming |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-172) and index |
Notes |
English |
Subject |
Gordon, Lewis R. (Lewis Ricardo), 1962-
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Marcel, Gabriel, 1889-1973
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SUBJECT |
Gordon, Lewis R. (Lewis Ricardo), 1962-
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Marcel, Gabriel, 1889-1973
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Gordon, Lewis R. (Lewis Ricardo), 1962- fast |
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Marcel, Gabriel, 1889-1973 fast |
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Gordon, Lewis R. (Lewis Ricardo), 1962- fast/nic/nac |
Subject |
Existentialism.
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Racism.
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Theism.
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Existentialism
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existentialism.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Religious.
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Existentialism
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Racism
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Theism
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2012049721 |
ISBN |
0823252728 |
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9780823252725 |
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9780823251612 |
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0823251616 |
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