Joris Van Gorkom
Biographic Data
| ID | 804807 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joris Van Gorkom |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joris |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Gorkom |
| SIGNATURE | VAN GORKOM J |
| AFFILIATIONS | European School of Management and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3732-1858 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Immanuel Kant en slavernij onder een andere naam
Kant’s Concept of Race and Ludwig Emil Cichorius’ Contribution to the Conversations-Lexikon
Despite his academic position and contributions to one of the most respected German encyclopedias, Ludwig Emil Cichorius (1770–1829) remains an unknown figure in German intellectual history. This article explores Cichorius’ publications on the topic of race, highlighting Kant’s influence on 19th-century thought through Cichorius’ contributions to the Conversations-Lexikon of Renatus Gotthelf Löbel (1767–1799), Christian Wilhelm Franke (1765–1831)…
Derrida and Kant's staging of capital punishment
Jacques Derrida's claim that Immanuel Kant was the most rigorous defender of the death penalty has rekindled interest in this topic in the context of Kant's work. Understandably, most articles have focused on Kant's The Metaphysics of Morals , in which he defends the legitimacy of capital punishment. However, many of these readings ignore the fact that the death penalty is a recurring theme in his writing. This article explores references to capi…
Immanuel Kant’s Inheritance
This article examines Immanuel Kant’s evolving ideas on race and inheritance, focusing on his early lectures on physical geography. It highlights his engagement with contemporary debates on physiological defects and adaptation. The notes of Georg Hesse, a student of Kant, are analysed to show how Kant’s ideas matured before his first published essay on race in 1775. The article also contextualizes Kant’s relationship with the works of Pierre Loui…
Immanuel Kant and a Second Slavery
Racism is a societal problem, which means that it should (also) be analyzed on an institutional, structural, and systemic level. When critiques of racism focus solely on particular beliefs, they overlook its broader manifestations. This article does not aim to ascertain Kant's personal stance on race but rather to shed light on a blind spot in our own understanding of racism. It explores this through Kant's endorsement of serfdom. We should not s…
Johann Daniel Metzger and Kant's So‐Called Human Races
Around 1788, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach compiled a list of notable contributions to the discussion on Kant's concept of race. This list included references to Kant's second and third essays on race, Georg Forster's 1786 response, and two essays by Johann Daniel Metzger. Blumenbach's compilation stands in stark contrast to contemporary discussions of Kant's racial theories. Despite the increasing interest in this subject, Metzger's critiques are …
Johann Gottlieb Stoll and Forster’s Challenge to Kant
When in 1786 Georg Forster criticized Immanuel Kant’s racial theory, he famously challenged him to oppose slavery. Although Kant declined to take up this challenge, the discussion between Forster and Kant was the impetus for Johann Gottlieb Stoll to present his views on the matter. In his defense of monogenesis Stoll did what Kant had failed to do, namely, explicitly criticize oppressive institutions like the slave trade and slavery with a demand…
Skin color and phlogiston Immanuel Kant’s racism in context
Immanuel Kant on Race Mixing
What is too often lacking in contemporary interpretations of Immanuel Kant's racial thinking is a more thorough overview of the context and of the literature that he used to support his ideas. This article is mainly limited to Kant's brief discussion on race mixing at the end of this 1785 essay. He presented there the cases of the gypsies, the black Portuguese, and the Jews on St. Thomas in order to show the consequences of this practice. A conte…
Johann Gottlieb Steeb on Human Diversity
This article shows that Johann Gottlieb Steeb supported different aspects of Kant's theory of race. Despite the growing research on Kant's racial and biological theory, one finds no mention of Steeb in these interpretations. However, his work is relevant because of his attempt in 1785 to synthesize Kant's preformationist terminology with Blumenbach's epigenetic theory. This article aims at understanding this synthesis. Recent interpreters of Kant…
Immanuel Kant and a Second Slavery
Racism is a societal problem, which means that it should (also) be analyzed on an institutional, structural, and systemic level. When critiques of racism focus solely on particular beliefs, they overlook its broader manifestations. This article does not aim to ascertain Kant's personal stance on race but rather to shed light on a blind spot in our own understanding of racism. It explores this through Kant's endorsement of serfdom. We should not s…
Johann Gottlieb Steeb on Human Diversity
This article shows that Johann Gottlieb Steeb supported different aspects of Kant's theory of race. Despite the growing research on Kant's racial and biological theory, one finds no mention of Steeb in these interpretations. However, his work is relevant because of his attempt in 1785 to synthesize Kant's preformationist terminology with Blumenbach's epigenetic theory. This article aims at understanding this synthesis. Recent interpreters of Kant…
Skin color and phlogiston Immanuel Kant’s racism in context
Immanuel Kant on Race Mixing
What is too often lacking in contemporary interpretations of Immanuel Kant's racial thinking is a more thorough overview of the context and of the literature that he used to support his ideas. This article is mainly limited to Kant's brief discussion on race mixing at the end of this 1785 essay. He presented there the cases of the gypsies, the black Portuguese, and the Jews on St. Thomas in order to show the consequences of this practice. A conte…
Johann Gottlieb Stoll and Forster’s Challenge to Kant
When in 1786 Georg Forster criticized Immanuel Kant’s racial theory, he famously challenged him to oppose slavery. Although Kant declined to take up this challenge, the discussion between Forster and Kant was the impetus for Johann Gottlieb Stoll to present his views on the matter. In his defense of monogenesis Stoll did what Kant had failed to do, namely, explicitly criticize oppressive institutions like the slave trade and slavery with a demand…
Johann Daniel Metzger and Kant's So‐Called Human Races
Around 1788, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach compiled a list of notable contributions to the discussion on Kant's concept of race. This list included references to Kant's second and third essays on race, Georg Forster's 1786 response, and two essays by Johann Daniel Metzger. Blumenbach's compilation stands in stark contrast to contemporary discussions of Kant's racial theories. Despite the increasing interest in this subject, Metzger's critiques are …
Derrida and Kant's staging of capital punishment
Jacques Derrida's claim that Immanuel Kant was the most rigorous defender of the death penalty has rekindled interest in this topic in the context of Kant's work. Understandably, most articles have focused on Kant's The Metaphysics of Morals , in which he defends the legitimacy of capital punishment. However, many of these readings ignore the fact that the death penalty is a recurring theme in his writing. This article explores references to capi…
Immanuel Kant’s Inheritance
This article examines Immanuel Kant’s evolving ideas on race and inheritance, focusing on his early lectures on physical geography. It highlights his engagement with contemporary debates on physiological defects and adaptation. The notes of Georg Hesse, a student of Kant, are analysed to show how Kant’s ideas matured before his first published essay on race in 1775. The article also contextualizes Kant’s relationship with the works of Pierre Loui…
Immanuel Kant and a Second Slavery
Racism is a societal problem, which means that it should (also) be analyzed on an institutional, structural, and systemic level. When critiques of racism focus solely on particular beliefs, they overlook its broader manifestations. This article does not aim to ascertain Kant's personal stance on race but rather to shed light on a blind spot in our own understanding of racism. It explores this through Kant's endorsement of serfdom. We should not s…
Immanuel Kant en slavernij onder een andere naam
Kant’s Concept of Race and Ludwig Emil Cichorius’ Contribution to the Conversations-Lexikon
Despite his academic position and contributions to one of the most respected German encyclopedias, Ludwig Emil Cichorius (1770–1829) remains an unknown figure in German intellectual history. This article explores Cichorius’ publications on the topic of race, highlighting Kant’s influence on 19th-century thought through Cichorius’ contributions to the Conversations-Lexikon of Renatus Gotthelf Löbel (1767–1799), Christian Wilhelm Franke (1765–1831)…
Philosophy (8 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · History (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Race (biology) (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations (2 works)