Revolutionary Hope
Essays in Honor of William L. Mcbride
Lexington Books (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 22. March 2013
222 pages
979-8-216-34683-8 (ISBN)
Description
Over the course of the last four decades, William Leon McBride has distinguished himself as a teacher, mentor, and scholar without peer. The author of seven books and more than two hundred book chapters, articles, and reviews, he is a world-renowned expert on the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre and a leader in the international community of philosophers. This volume-which celebrates the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday-includes contributions from colleagues, friends, and formers students. Together, they pay tribute to the intellectual, philosophical, and professional achievements of one of the most esteemed and accomplished scholars of his generation.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
979-8-216-34683-8 (9798216346838)
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Persons
Nathan Jun is assistant professor of philosophy and coordinator of the philosophy program at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. He is the author of Anarchism and Political Modernity (2011) and the co-editor of Deleuze and Ethics (with Daniel W. Smith, 2011) and New Perspectives on Anarchism (with Shane Wahl, 2009).
Shane Wahl is currently an instructor in philosophy at Ivy Tech Community College in Lafayette, Indiana, where he lives with his wife, Jennifer, and their son, Elliot. He is the co-editor of New Perspectives on Anarchism (with Nathan Jun, 2009) and is working on various articles on Nietzsche, Sartre, and anarchy.
Shane Wahl is currently an instructor in philosophy at Ivy Tech Community College in Lafayette, Indiana, where he lives with his wife, Jennifer, and their son, Elliot. He is the co-editor of New Perspectives on Anarchism (with Nathan Jun, 2009) and is working on various articles on Nietzsche, Sartre, and anarchy.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: William L. McBridge and the Enduring Commitment to Intellectual Freedom
Chapter 2: Intimations of a New Socioecological Imaginary
Chapter 3: William L. McBride: His Life and Works
Chapter 4: The Humanism of Jean-Paul Sartre
Chapter 5: A Philosopher's Journey: Philosophical Reflections For and On Uncle Bill
Chapter 6: Friendship and Liberation: Paradoxes
Chapter 7: "Spaces of Freedom": Materiality, Mediation, and Direct Political Participation in the Work of Sartre and Arendt
Chapter 8: The Consolations of Philosophy After 1989
Chapter 9: Sartre's Socialist Democracy and Global Feminism
Chapter 10: God, Creation, and Rebellion in Camus: Ambivalent? Inconsistent? Or, Finally, Incoherent?
Chapter 11: 'Globalization' as Anti-Feminist Ideology: An Essay in Honor of William L. McBride
Chapter 12: Toward a Transvaluation of the Doctrine of Human Rights
Chapter 13: Sartre and McBride: Overcoming the Spirit of Serious Through Revolutionary Hope
About the Contributors
Index
Introduction
Chapter 1: William L. McBridge and the Enduring Commitment to Intellectual Freedom
Chapter 2: Intimations of a New Socioecological Imaginary
Chapter 3: William L. McBride: His Life and Works
Chapter 4: The Humanism of Jean-Paul Sartre
Chapter 5: A Philosopher's Journey: Philosophical Reflections For and On Uncle Bill
Chapter 6: Friendship and Liberation: Paradoxes
Chapter 7: "Spaces of Freedom": Materiality, Mediation, and Direct Political Participation in the Work of Sartre and Arendt
Chapter 8: The Consolations of Philosophy After 1989
Chapter 9: Sartre's Socialist Democracy and Global Feminism
Chapter 10: God, Creation, and Rebellion in Camus: Ambivalent? Inconsistent? Or, Finally, Incoherent?
Chapter 11: 'Globalization' as Anti-Feminist Ideology: An Essay in Honor of William L. McBride
Chapter 12: Toward a Transvaluation of the Doctrine of Human Rights
Chapter 13: Sartre and McBride: Overcoming the Spirit of Serious Through Revolutionary Hope
About the Contributors
Index
