内容简介
Thisambitiousphilosophicalanthologycombinesanalysesandsurveysofcontemporarytheorizingonsocialidentity.Theeditorsredirectclassicphilosophicalquestionsaboutpersonalidentitytothecategoriesofrace,class,genderandsexuality.Readingsconsistofscholarly,popular,autobiographicalandliterarywritingsthatengageissuesinracialtheory,socialandpoliticalphilosophyandfeminism.Afifthpartofthebookonintersectionillustratestheconceptualproblemswithessentialismandthetaxonomyofidentitypolitics.Theimportanceofnarrativeaccountsofsociallifewithinthesesignificantidentitycategoriesisemphasizedthroughoutthevolume.
作者简介
NaomiZackisAssociateProfessorofPhilosophyattheStateUniversityofNewYorkatAlbany.SheistheauthorofRaceandMixedRace(1993),BachelorsofScience:SeventeenthCenturyIdentityThenandNow(1996),ThinkingAboutRace(1998).SheistheEditorofAmericanMixedRace:TheCultureofMicrodiversity(1995)andRace/Sex:TheirSameness,Difference,andInterplay(1997).LaurieShrageisProfessorandDepartmentChairofPhilosophyatCaliforniaStatePolytechmicUniversity,Pomona.SheistheauthorofMoralDilemmasofFeminism:Prostitution,Adultery,andAbortion(1994).CrispinSartwellisAssociateProfessorofHumanitiesatPennsylvaniaStateUniversity,CapitalCollege.HeistheauthorofTheArtofLiving:AestheticsoftheOrdinaryinWorldSpiritualTraditions(1995),Obscenity,Anarchy,Reality(1996),andActLikeYouKnow:African-AmericanAutobiographyandWhiteIdentity.