{"product_id":"symbolic-forms-for-a-new-humanity-cultural-and-racial-reconfigurations-of-critical-theory-paperback","title":"Symbolic Forms for a New Humanity: Cultural and Racial Reconfigurations of Critical Theory - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDrucilla Cornell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKenneth Michael Panfilio\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. For Cassirer, what makes humans unique is that we are symbolizing creatures destined to come into a world through varied symbolic\u003cbr\u003eforms; we pluralistically work with and develop these forms as we struggle to come to terms with who we are and our place in the universe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis approach can be used as a powerful challenge to hegemonic modes of study that mistakenly place the Western world at the center of intellectual and political life. Indeed, the authors argue that the symbolic dimension of Cassirer's thinking of possibility can be linked to a symbolic dimension in revolution via the ideas of Frantz Fanon, who argued that revolution must be a thoroughgoing cultural process, in which what is at stake is nothing less than how we symbolize a new humanity and bring into being a new set of social institutions worthy of that new humanity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrucilla Cornell (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDrucilla\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eCornell\u003c\/b\u003e was Professor Emerita of Political Science, Comparative Literature, and Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University; Professor Extraordinaire at the University of Pretoria, South Africa; and a visiting professor at Birkbeck College, University of London. With a background in philosophy, law, and grassroots mobilization, she played a central role in the organization of the memorable conferences on deconstruction and justice at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1989, 1990, and 1993. She was the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of the Limit\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), \u003ci\u003eFeminism and Pornography\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), and \u003ci\u003eLaw and Revolution in South Africa: uBuntu, Dignity, and the Struggle for Constitutional Transformation\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). She has also coedited several books: \u003ci\u003eFeminism as Critique: On the Politics of Gender\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), with Seyla Benhabib; and \u003ci\u003eHegel and Legal Theory\u003c\/i\u003e (1991) and\u003ci\u003e Deconstruction and the Possibility of Justice\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), with David Gray Carlson and Michel Rosenfeld. She was part of a philosophical exchange with Seyla Benhabib, Judith Butler, and Nancy Fraser entitled \u003ci\u003eFeminist Contentions\u003c\/i\u003e (1995). In addition to her academic work, she wrote four produced plays. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKenneth Michael Panfilio (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kenneth Michael Panfilio is Assistant Professor at Illinois State University in the Department of Politics and Government. Both authors are co-editors of the book series Just Ideas: Transformative Ideals of Justice in Ethical and Political Thought. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 8.96 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42902463709319,"sku":"9780823232512","price":73.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/MG9pQTJuQ09Jditha2xEYW93cUdvdz09_70929f05-7081-4f20-9fd6-6977cd7cfbdd.webp?v=1752566437","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/symbolic-forms-for-a-new-humanity-cultural-and-racial-reconfigurations-of-critical-theory-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}