Taking Back Philosophy : : A Multicultural Manifesto / / Bryan W. Van Norden.
Are American colleges and universities failing their students by refusing to teach the philosophical traditions of China, India, Africa, and other non-Western cultures? This biting and provocative critique of American higher education says yes. Even though we live in an increasingly multicultural wo...
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Van Norden, Bryan W., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Taking Back Philosophy : A Multicultural Manifesto / Bryan W. Van Norden. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2019] ©2017 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- 1. A MANIFESTO FOR MULTICULTURAL PHILOSOPHY -- 2. TRADITIONS IN DIALOGUE -- 3. TRUMP'S PHILOSOPHERS -- 4. WELDERS AND PHILOSOPHERS -- 5. THE WAY OF CONFUCIUS AND SOCRATES -- NOTES -- INDEX restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Are American colleges and universities failing their students by refusing to teach the philosophical traditions of China, India, Africa, and other non-Western cultures? This biting and provocative critique of American higher education says yes. Even though we live in an increasingly multicultural world, most philosophy departments stubbornly insist that only Western philosophy is real philosophy and denigrate everything outside the European canon. In Taking Back Philosophy, Bryan W. Van Norden lambastes academic philosophy for its Eurocentrism, insularity, and complicity with nationalism and issues a ringing call to make our educational institutions live up to their cosmopolitan ideals. In a cheeky, agenda-setting, and controversial style, Van Norden, an expert in Chinese philosophy, proposes an inclusive, multicultural approach to philosophical inquiry. He showcases several accessible examples of how Western and Asian thinkers can be brought into productive dialogue, demonstrating that philosophy only becomes deeper as it becomes increasingly diverse and pluralistic. Taking Back Philosophy is at once a manifesto for multicultural education, an accessible introduction to Confucian and Buddhist philosophy, a critique of the ethnocentrism and anti-intellectualism characteristic of much contemporary American politics, a defense of the value of philosophy and a liberal arts education, and a call to return to the search for the good life that defined philosophy for Confucius, Socrates, and the Buddha. Building on a popular New York Times opinion piece that suggested any philosophy department that fails to teach non-Western philosophy should be renamed a "Department of European and American Philosophy," this book will challenge any student or scholar of philosophy to reconsider what constitutes the love of wisdom. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Philosophy. PHILOSOPHY / Criticism. bisacsh Garfield, Jay L. L.Garfield, Jay, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 9783110543308 print 9780231184366 https://doi.org/10.7312/van-18436 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231545457 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231545457/original |
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