Category Archives: Anthropology

Manhood, Adulthood, Humanhood

Posted on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 by

I heard recently (perhaps in one of those Roderick lectures) that Foucault (I think it was him) didn’t like the term “humanism” due to problems set up by the need to then define “human” — and potentially thus exclude some … Continue reading →

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Rick Roderick and the Crisis of the West

Posted on Friday, September 17, 2010 by

Well, that’s my interpretation anyway. Last fall, after enjoying Alex’s Action Philosophers books, which I highly recommend for a run-down of the Western Discipline, I excitedly listened to Rick Roderick’s “Philosophy & Human Values” audio lecture. I’d seen his name … Continue reading →

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