David Borman
Biographic Data
| ID | 1172093 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Borman |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Borman |
| SIGNATURE | BORMAN D |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Adapting to fatherhood
ALT 34 Diaspora & Returns in Fiction
Imagined or actual returns to a "homeland" in African literature are examined in relation to changing concepts of identity, belonging, migration and space. This special issue focuses on literary texts by African writers in which the protagonist returns to his/her "original" or ancestral "home" in Africa from other parts of the world. Ideas of return - intentional and actual - have been a consistent feature of the literature of Africa and the Afri…
Actual Agreement Contractualism
In this paper, I defend a metaethical position described as ‘actual agreement contractualism’: the view that norms arise from actual attempts to arrive at legitimate terms for social cooperation among all those affected. I distinguish the actual agreement approach from hypothetical approaches to contractualism, and defend the former against objections from Thomas Scanlon, in particular. The attractiveness of a focus on actual agreements, I argue,…
Extending the Diaspora
Reviewed by: Extending the Diaspora: New Histories of Black People David Borman (bio) Curry, Dawne Y., Eric D. Duke, and Marshanda A. Smith, eds. Extending the Diaspora: New Histories of Black People. Urbana: U of Illinois P, 2009. Eight years after hosting the "Diaspora Paradigms" conference at Michigan State University, Dawne Curry, Eric Duke, and Marshanda Smith—all organizers of the 2001 conference—have selected and published twelve essays th…
Idolatry of the Actual, The
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Idolatry of the Actual, The
Extending the Diaspora
Reviewed by: Extending the Diaspora: New Histories of Black People David Borman (bio) Curry, Dawne Y., Eric D. Duke, and Marshanda A. Smith, eds. Extending the Diaspora: New Histories of Black People. Urbana: U of Illinois P, 2009. Eight years after hosting the "Diaspora Paradigms" conference at Michigan State University, Dawne Curry, Eric Duke, and Marshanda Smith—all organizers of the 2001 conference—have selected and published twelve essays th…
Actual Agreement Contractualism
In this paper, I defend a metaethical position described as ‘actual agreement contractualism’: the view that norms arise from actual attempts to arrive at legitimate terms for social cooperation among all those affected. I distinguish the actual agreement approach from hypothetical approaches to contractualism, and defend the former against objections from Thomas Scanlon, in particular. The attractiveness of a focus on actual agreements, I argue,…
ALT 34 Diaspora & Returns in Fiction
Imagined or actual returns to a "homeland" in African literature are examined in relation to changing concepts of identity, belonging, migration and space. This special issue focuses on literary texts by African writers in which the protagonist returns to his/her "original" or ancestral "home" in Africa from other parts of the world. Ideas of return - intentional and actual - have been a consistent feature of the literature of Africa and the Afri…
Adapting to fatherhood
Sociology (5 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Diaspora (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Agreement (1 works)