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

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

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author:	Cornell, Drucilla
Other Authors:	Panfilio, Kenneth Michael
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Fordham University Press, 2010
Series:	Just ideas.
Subjects:	Cassirer, Ernst, > 1874-1945 > Criticism and interpretation. Political science > Philosophy. Symbolism > Political aspects.
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central

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.