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Symbolic forms for a new humanity : cultural and racial reconfigurations of critical theory / Drucilla Cornell and Kenneth Michael Panfilio.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Cornell.
Contributor:
Panfilio, Kenneth Michael..
Drucilla..
Series:
Just ideas.
Just ideas
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945--Criticism and interpretation.
Cassirer, Ernst.
Political science--Philosophy.
Political science.
Symbolism--Political aspects.
Symbolism.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 205 p. )
Edition:
1版.
Place of Publication:
New York : Fordham University Press, 2010.
Summary:
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.
Contents:
Intro
Contents
Preface
Introduction
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
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-8232-3564-5
0-8232-3252-2
OCLC:
764551606

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