Kwame Anthony Appiah zkoumá složité otázky identity a etiky ve svém díle. Jeho psaní se často zabývá propojením filozofie a našeho každodenního života a nabízí bystré pohledy na morální dilemata, kterým čelíme. Appiahův styl je známý svou jasností a přístupností, díky čemuž jsou jeho komplexní nápady srozumitelné pro široké publikum. Jeho dílo vybízí čtenáře k zamyšlení nad tím, jak utváříme svou identitu a jaké závazky máme vůči světu.
Esej "Politika uznání" z pera vynikajícího kanadského filosofa Charlese Taylora se stal východiskem jedné z nejzajímavějších debat o politice a strategii multikulturalismu. Jak daleko by mělo jít naše uznávání kolektivních sociálních identit, které vytváří náboženství, rod, etnikum, "rasa" a pohlaví? Je vůbec možné sladit takové uznání s rovnými individuálními právy lidí? A pokud ano, jak křehký je tento soulad? Mají ohrožená etnika samozřejmé právo na přežití? Odpovědi, které na tyto otázky dávají autoři sborníku, nejsou snadné, ale rozhodně stojí za přečtení.
This text explores the ethical significance of identity, including our gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion and sexuality, for our obligations to others and to ourselves.
"The global citizen's guide to culture, emphasizing the achievement of the non-Western world -- what every American needs to know as we enter the next century."--Cover
We often think identity is personal. But the identities that shape the world, our struggles, and our hopes, are social ones, shared with countless others. Our sense of self is shaped by our family, but also by affiliations that spread out from there, like our nationality, culture, class, race and religion.Taking these broad categories as a starting point, Professor Appiah challenges our assumptions about how identity works. In eloquent and lively chapters, he weaves personal anecdote with historical, cultural and literary example to explore the entanglements within the stories we tell ourselves. We all know there are conflicts among identities; but Professor Appiah explores how identities are created by conflict. Identities are then crafted from confusions - confusions this book aims to help us sort through. Religion, Appiah shows us, isn't primarily about beliefs. The idea of national self-determination is incoherent. Our everyday racial thinking is an artefact of discarded science. Class is not a matter of upper and lower. And the very idea of Western culture is a misleading myth. We will see our situation more clearly if we start to question these mistaken identities. This is radical new thinking from a master in the subject and will change forever the way we think about ourselves and our communities.
“A brilliant and humane philosophy for our confused age.”―Samantha Power, author of A Problem from Hell Drawing on a broad range of disciplines, including history, literature, and philosophy―as well as the author's own experience of life on three continents― Cosmopolitanism is a moral manifesto for a planet we share with more than six billion strangers.
A survey of the historical development of the idea of race, this anthology offers pre-twentieth century theories about the concept of race, classic twentieth century sources reiterating and contesting ideas of race as scientific, and several philosophically relevant essays that discuss the issues presented. A general Introduction gives an overview of the readings. Headnotes introduce each selection. Includes suggested further readings.
