Kwame Anthony Appiah
Kwame Anthony Appiah This clear and engaging introduction is the first book to assess the ideas of Kwame Anthony Appiah, the Ghanaian-British philosopher who is a leading public intellectual today.…
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Kwame Anthony Appiah
This clear and engaging introduction is the first book to assess the ideas of Kwame Anthony Appiah, the Ghanaian-British philosopher who is a leading public intellectual today. Du Bois, John Stuart Mill, and Martha Nussbaum--and, thus, how Appiah is both an inheritor and innovator of preceding ideas.Seeks to inspire The book focuses on the theme of 'identity' and is structured around five main topics, corresponding to the subjects of his major works: race, culture, liberalism, cosmopolitanism, and moral revolutions.This helpful book:Teaches students about the sources, opportunities, and dilemmas of personal and social identity--whether on the basis of race, gender, sexuality, or class, among others--in the purview of Appiah.Locates Appiah within a broader tradition of intellectual engagement with these issues--involving such thinkers as W. E. B.