Boxill, Bernard : University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Bernard Boxill has devoted his professional life to philosophical analysis of policies related to race and racism.
He is currently Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and has previously taught
at the University of California Santa Barbara and the University of South Florida. Professor Boxill is also the
author of Blacks and Social Justice (Rowman and Littlefield: 1984, 1992).
Summary
Investigating the meaning of race and racism, the eighteen superb essays in this book not only explore the nature
of these controversial ideas but also promote an awareness of them. With an introduction examining the themes and
conflicting ideas present in the book, and including a previously unpublished piece on the alleged racism of Immanuel
Kant, this book stimulates a critical appreciation of the true meaning and far-reaching implications of an understanding
of race and racism. As part of the successful Oxford Readings in Philosophy series, it engages readers with a range
of ideas that will contribute to a profound insight into these highly provocative topics.
Table of Contents
Introduction, Bernard Boxill
1. Race and Philosophic Meaning, Naomi Zack
2. Toward a Critical Theory of 'Race', Lucius Outlaw
3. White Woman Feminist 1983-1992, Marylin Frye
4. Does Race Matter?, Pierre van den Berghe
5. How Heritability Misleads about Race, Ned Block
6. Responses to Race Differences in Crime, Michael Levin
7. Rights, Human Rights, and Racial Discrimination, Richard A. Wasserstrom
8. Two Kinds of Discrimination, Adrian Piper
9. Difference, Cultural Racism and Anti-Racism, Tariq Modood
10. The Heart of Racism, Jorge Garcia
11. Bakke's Case: Are Quotes Unfair?, Ronald Dworkin
12. Racism and Sexism, Richard A. Wasserstrom
13. Sexism and Racism: Some Conceptual Differences, Laurence Thomas
14. Group Autonomy and Narrative Identity: Blacks and Jews, Laurence Thomas
15. African Identities, Kwame Anthony Appiah
16. Social Movements and the Politics of Difference, Iris Marion Young
17. Race, Multiculturalism and Democracy, Robert Gooding-Williams
18. Kant and Race, Thomas E. Hill Jr. and Bernard Boxill
Notes on the Contributors
Bibliography
Index
