Symbolic Forms for a New Humanity : Cultural and Racial Reconfigurations of Critical Theory /

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In dialogue with Afro-Caribbean philosophy, this book seeks in Cassirer's philosophy of symbolic forms a new vocabulary for approaching central intellectual and political issues of our time.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cornell, Drucilla
Other Authors: Panfilio, Kenneth Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2010.
Series:Just ideas.
Subjects:
Cassirer, Ernst, > 1874-1945 > Criticism and interpretation.
Cassirer, Ernst, > 1874-1945.
Political science > Philosophy.
Symbolism > Political aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The World of Symbolic Forms: Ernst Cassirer and the Legacy of Immanuel Kant
  • The Word Magic of Being: On the Mythical Origins of Thinking
  • The Always Unfinished Project of Modernity: The Fragile Life of Symbols
  • Transformative Revolution: Repairing the Fractured Ethical World
  • Unfree Black Labor: The Telos of History and the Struggle against Racialized Capitalism
  • Conclusion: TheWork of Transformative Constitutionalism.

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