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Review of \u3cem\u3eThe Epistemology of Resistance: Gender and Racial Oppression, Epistemic Injustice, and Resistant Imaginations\u3c/em\u3e by Jose Medina
Sartre\u27s \u3cem\u3eCritique of Dialectical Reason\u3c/em\u3e and the Inevitability of Violence: \u3cem\u3eHuman Freedom in the Milieu of Scarcity\u3c/em\u3e
In his Critique of Dialectical Reason, Sartre argues that it is the milieu of scarcity that generates human conflict. His account of scarcity is rather ambiguous however, and at points he seems to claim that conflict is inevitable given the context of scarcity. In this article I provide a brief account of Sartre\u27s position, and offer a critical evaluation of that position. Finally, I argue that Sartre\u27s claims regarding the necessity of conflict are excessive, and that the resources provided in the Critique offer a means to re-evaluate our relationship to scarcity
Race, Colorblindness, and Continental Philosophy
The colorblind society is often offered as a worthy ideal for individual interaction as well as public policy. The ethos of liberal democracy would seem indeed to demand that we comport ourselves in a manner completely indifferent to race (and class, and gender, and so on). But is this ideal of colorblindness capable of fulfillment? And whether it is or not, is it truly a worthy political goal? In order to address these questions, one must first explore the nature of race itself. Is it ultimately real, or merely an illusion? What kind of reality, if any, does it have, and what are the practical (moral and political) consequences of its ontological status? This paper will explore the issue of colorblindness, focusing particularly on recent developments dealing with this topic in Continental philosophy. Beginning with the question of racial ontology, I will argue that race has a social reality that makes the practice of colorblindness, at least for the time being, politically untenable, and it may remain suspect even as a long-term goal
Private Property and Public Interest
In this paper I explore the limitations of liberal political theory in relation to the notions of public property and public interest. I argue that the fundamentally atomistic and individualistic ontological foundations of the liberal tradition preclude any coherent notion of public goods and public interest
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