Overview
This title was first published in 2000. Rethinking Prejudice offers the first philosophical monograph on the concept of prejudice. It takes its start from a study of Enlightenment thought, and pursues the topic to the reassessment of prejudice in contemporary hermeneutics. Yet history of ideas is a means rather than an end in this book. Dorschel analyzes the debates about prejudice from the 17th century onwards in order to shed light upon present concerns. Prejudice is not something peculiar to racists and similarly sinister figures, Dorschel argues; rather, it is an indispensable part of everyone's intellectual repertoire; if relevant phenomena are to be criticized, a genuine moral stance cannot be avoided. This book introduces and explores a topic of wide interest, particularly to those researching within the fields of philosophy, history of ideas, cultural studies, and social and political theory.
Full Product Details
Author: Andreas Dorschel
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.320kg
ISBN: 9781138741188
ISBN 10: 1138741183
Pages: 158
Publication Date: 14 December 2020
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'This book fills a gap in current literature: the systematic study Dorschel presents, unifying an historical treatment with proposals for acceptance today, offers a significant new contribution.' J.E.J. Altham, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 'Dorschel ...rethinks a common yet elusive concept. He does this mainly in relation to the philosophical tradition, but draws also on literary acccounts, historical cases and everyday examples ... Dorschel's book bristles with insights, which is precisely what a book about prejudice should do...it is strongly recommended, regardless of whether or not you finally accede to its central argument.' European Journal of Communication.
’This book fills a gap in current literature: the systematic study Dorschel presents, unifying an historical treatment with proposals for acceptance today, offers a significant new contribution.’ J.E.J. Altham, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 'Dorschel ...rethinks a common yet elusive concept. He does this mainly in relation to the philosophical tradition, but draws also on literary acccounts, historical cases and everyday examples ... Dorschel's book bristles with insights, which is precisely what a book about prejudice should do...it is strongly recommended, regardless of whether or not you finally accede to its central argument.' European Journal of Communication.
Author Information
Andreas Dorschel is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of East Anglia, UK.
