The Racial Contract puts classic Western social contract theory, deadpan, to extraordinary radical use. With a sweeping look at the European expansionism and racism of the last five hundred years, Charles W. Mills demonstrates how this peculiar and unacknowledged "contract" has shaped a system of global European domination: how it brings into existence "whites" and "non-whites," full persons and sub-persons, how it influences white moral theory and moral psychology; and how this system is imposed on non-whites through ideological conditioning and violence. The Racial...
The Racial Contract puts classic Western social contract theory, deadpan, to extraordinary radical use. With a sweeping look at the Europe...
Philosophy: The Big Questions occupies a unique position among introductory texts in philosophy. Designed for a single-semester introductory course in philosophy, it includes both classic readings in philosophy and newer articles.
Presents, in one volume, canonical and contemporary works in ethics, metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and epistemology.
Topics discussed include knowledge, religion, freedom, morality, and the meaning of life.
Serves as a comprehensive and compelling introduction to philosophy.
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Philosophy: The Big Questions occupies a unique position among introductory texts in philosophy. Designed for a single-semester introductory co...
