The politics of survival : Peirce, affectivity, and social criticism / / Lara Trout

• Autore: Trout Lara
• Pubblicazione: Ashland, Ohio, : Fordham University Press; London, : Eurospan [distributor], 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.385
• Soggetto topico: Discrimination - Social aspects; Prejudices; Cognition - Philosophy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Peircean Affectivity""; ""2. The Affectivity of Cognition: Journal of Speculative Philosophy Cognition Series, 1868-69""; ""3. The Affectivity of Inquiry: Popular Science Monthly Illustrations of the Logic of Science, 1877-78""; ""4. The Law of Mind, Association, and Sympathy: Monist "Cosmology Series" and Association Writings, 1890's""; ""5. Critical Common-sensism, 1900's""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: How can sincere, well-meaning people unintentionally perpetuate discrimination based on race, sex, sexuality, or other socio-political factors? To address this question, Lara Trout engages a neglected dimension of Charles S. Peirce's philosophy - human embodiment - in order to highlight the compatibility between Peirce's ideas and contemporary work in social criticism. This compatibility, which has been neglected in both Peircean and social criticism scholarship, emerges when the body is fore-grounded among the affective dimensions of Peirce's philosophy (including feeling, emotion, belief
• Titolo autorizzato: The politics of survival
• ISBN: 0-8232-3580-7; 0-8232-3297-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248205403316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: American philosophy.