Myron Moses Jackson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6939728 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Myron Moses Jackson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Myron Moses |
| FAMILY NAME | Jackson |
| SIGNATURE | JACKSON M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Carolina University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
On the functional logic of cultural value in Locke and Cassirer’s philosophies of culture
Ecstasies of Uplift
“Religion is the decoration of life,” declares Peter Sloterdijk in his newly translated Making the Heavens Speak: Religion as Poetry ( MHS ), arguing that much of our understanding of the spiritual life is distorted and exceptionally narrow. With refreshing and renewed vision, this text points out the ways in which the heavenly skies have been a source of divine inspiration and cipher for theopoetic illuminations. We have failed to grasp how mode…
Undoing the Mirage of Racism through Philosophy of Race
Preview: No shortage of bigotry and prejudice can be found around the world. But why race to the bottom and compete for a monopoly on tragedy in human mistreatment? The philosophy of race is an intricate piece to the study of language, art, history, and culture and wants to learn about elsewhere and distant others. How we go about understanding the issues of identity politics and what solidifies a community’s sense of purpose and mythic conscious…
Racial Foster Care, Contraceptive Knowledge and Adoption in Alain Locke’s Philosophy of Culture
This article confronts the problems of establishing normative restrictive claims for delegitimizing conduct and attitudes of cultural appropriation. Using C. Thi Nguyen’s and Matthew Strhol’s intimacy account (IA) as a background, I offer an alternative of cultural adoption relying upon Alain Locke’s value theory and philosophical pluralism. The phenomenon of cultural adoption I propose develops some insights from Nguyen’s and Strohl’s IA, while …
Unmasking the Fragility of Trigger Warnings, Safe Spaces, and Code‐Switching on Campus
In this essay, Myron Jackson offers a critique of trigger warnings, safe spaces, and code‐switching that is based on two grounds. First, these practices derive from ideals of assimilation and appropriation, and are therefore wedded to a logic of domination. Second, these practices promote fragility. Increased reliance on trigger warnings, safe spaces, and code‐switching is, Jackson contends, a biopolitical reflexive response of bodies under erasu…
From Athens to Atlanta and Beyond
Preview: /Review: Tommy Shelby and Brandon M. Terry, eds. To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Cambridge, MA; London, England: Belknap Press, 2018), 463 pages./ To mark the fiftieth anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, Harvard professors Tommie Shelby and Brandon M. Terry have produced a masterful reappraisal of King’s legacy, specifically as a political philosopher. More importan…
On the Power of Cultural Adoption Through Integral Fakes and Reunification
Cultural identities and rituals are intersecting through increasingly overlapping social worlds. Whether one chooses to join in this mixing and to what degree, that is the question. Appropriationists and assimilationists assume a logic of domination that aims to justify forms of social entitlement, claiming exclusive possession or ownership of cultural heritages. This article argues that cultural adoption is a stronger frame for understanding how…
On the Lookout for the Dark Arts and Finding Our Better Selves in Another white Man’s Burden
I can conceive of no greater calamity than the assimilation of the Negro into our social and political life as our equal." -President of the United States of America Abraham Lincoln
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On the Lookout for the Dark Arts and Finding Our Better Selves in Another white Man’s Burden
I can conceive of no greater calamity than the assimilation of the Negro into our social and political life as our equal." -President of the United States of America Abraham Lincoln
From Athens to Atlanta and Beyond
Preview: /Review: Tommy Shelby and Brandon M. Terry, eds. To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Cambridge, MA; London, England: Belknap Press, 2018), 463 pages./ To mark the fiftieth anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, Harvard professors Tommie Shelby and Brandon M. Terry have produced a masterful reappraisal of King’s legacy, specifically as a political philosopher. More importan…
On the Power of Cultural Adoption Through Integral Fakes and Reunification
Cultural identities and rituals are intersecting through increasingly overlapping social worlds. Whether one chooses to join in this mixing and to what degree, that is the question. Appropriationists and assimilationists assume a logic of domination that aims to justify forms of social entitlement, claiming exclusive possession or ownership of cultural heritages. This article argues that cultural adoption is a stronger frame for understanding how…
Unmasking the Fragility of Trigger Warnings, Safe Spaces, and Code‐Switching on Campus
In this essay, Myron Jackson offers a critique of trigger warnings, safe spaces, and code‐switching that is based on two grounds. First, these practices derive from ideals of assimilation and appropriation, and are therefore wedded to a logic of domination. Second, these practices promote fragility. Increased reliance on trigger warnings, safe spaces, and code‐switching is, Jackson contends, a biopolitical reflexive response of bodies under erasu…
Undoing the Mirage of Racism through Philosophy of Race
Preview: No shortage of bigotry and prejudice can be found around the world. But why race to the bottom and compete for a monopoly on tragedy in human mistreatment? The philosophy of race is an intricate piece to the study of language, art, history, and culture and wants to learn about elsewhere and distant others. How we go about understanding the issues of identity politics and what solidifies a community’s sense of purpose and mythic conscious…
Racial Foster Care, Contraceptive Knowledge and Adoption in Alain Locke’s Philosophy of Culture
This article confronts the problems of establishing normative restrictive claims for delegitimizing conduct and attitudes of cultural appropriation. Using C. Thi Nguyen’s and Matthew Strhol’s intimacy account (IA) as a background, I offer an alternative of cultural adoption relying upon Alain Locke’s value theory and philosophical pluralism. The phenomenon of cultural adoption I propose develops some insights from Nguyen’s and Strohl’s IA, while …
Ecstasies of Uplift
“Religion is the decoration of life,” declares Peter Sloterdijk in his newly translated Making the Heavens Speak: Religion as Poetry ( MHS ), arguing that much of our understanding of the spiritual life is distorted and exceptionally narrow. With refreshing and renewed vision, this text points out the ways in which the heavenly skies have been a source of divine inspiration and cipher for theopoetic illuminations. We have failed to grasp how mode…
On the functional logic of cultural value in Locke and Cassirer’s philosophies of culture
Sociology (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (2 works)