Michael J Monahan
Biographic Data
| ID | 810506 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael J Monahan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael J |
| FAMILY NAME | Monahan |
| SIGNATURE | MONAHAN M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Marquette University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8999-8676 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Benjamin Barson’s Brassroots Democracy
Making Waves
Frantz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks opens with a discussion of language in the colonial setting. I argue that this is at least in part due to Fanon’s background in phenomenology, and the crucial role that intersubjectivity plays in the phenomenological account of the subject. I begin by demonstrating the phenomenological underpinnings of Fanon’s chapter on language. I then further develop the background phenomenological account of the subject,…
Rituals of Liberation
This article argues that sites of coercion and oppression are generated through repeated acts or “ritual practices” that serve to shape psychic space. The author draws on Simone de Beauvoir’s account of oppression to articulate three different categories of “sites of coercion”—geographic, embodied, and spiritual—and argues that amelioration of such sites of coercion requires the cultivation of “rituals of liberation,” which serve to restructure p…
Racism and “Self-Love”
The rise in the public profile of “alt-right” and “white nationalist” groups in recent years is often described as a rise in “hate groups.” The presumption in this nomenclature is that these sorts of groups are defined essentially in terms of their shared hatred for some or all nonwhite individuals and groups. However, the rhetoric of such groups is couched not as hatred, but rather in terms of “self-love”—they do not hate other groups, they are …
White Privilege
Rousseau, Fanon, and the Question of Method in Political Theory
The concept of privilege
In this essay, I examine the use of the concept of privilege within the critical theoretical discourse on oppression and liberation (with a particular focus on white privilege and antiracism in the USA). In order to fulfill the rhetorical aims of liberation, concepts for privilege must meet what I term the ‘boundary condition’, which demarcates the boundary between a privileged elite and the rest of society, and the ‘ignorance condition’, which e…
Taylor, Paul C. 2013. Race
(2013). Taylor, Paul C. 2013. Race: A Philosophical Introduction. 2nd edition. Malden, MA: Polity Press. South African Journal of Philosophy: Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 285-289
The Creolizing Subject
How does our understanding of the reality (or lack thereof) of race as a category of being affect our understanding of racism as a social phenomenon, and vice versa? How should we envision the aims and methods of our struggles against racism? Traditionally, the Western political and philosophical tradition held that true social justice points toward a race-less future — that racial categories are themselves inherently racist, and a sincere advoca…
Liberalism and the Challenge of Race
Derrick Darby’s Rights, Race, and Recognition and Ronald R. Sundstrom’s The Browning of America and the Evasion of Social Justice are two recent efforts to answer the challenges that race and racism pose to liberal theory. Darby draws upon civil rights and abolitionist discourse to advance an “externalist” account of political rights, while Sundstrom explores the strains placed upon liberalism by recent demographic trends. In this review essay, I…
The education of racial perception
This article argues for the practice of the ‘education of racial perception’ as a critical component of any struggle against racial oppression (and for a liberated humanity generally). Taking the phenomenological ontology suggested by Linda Alcoff’s recent book Visible Identities, I argue that the project of educating our racial perception is a way to critically assess the way in which our perception of race both conditions and is conditioned by …
The Practice of Self-Overcoming
(2007). The Practice of Self-Overcoming: Nietzschean Reflections on the Martial Arts. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport: Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 39-51.
Rodney C. Roberts, Editor, Injustice and Rectification
Recognition Beyond Struggle
Race, Colorblindness, and Continental Philosophy
The "colorblind" society is often offered as a worthy ideal for individual interaction as well as public policy. The ethos of liberal democracy would seem indeed to demand that we comport ourselves in a manner completely indifferent to race (and class, and gender, and so on). But is this ideal of colorblindness capable of fulfillment? And whether it is or not, is it truly a worthy political goal? In order to address these questions, one must firs…
The Conservation of Authenticity
Discusses issues related to the conservation of racial authenticity, political commitment and racial reality in the U.S. Growing interest in racial ontology in philosophical circles; Analysis of the concept of social constructivism
Recognition Beyond Struggle
The concept of privilege
In this essay, I examine the use of the concept of privilege within the critical theoretical discourse on oppression and liberation (with a particular focus on white privilege and antiracism in the USA). In order to fulfill the rhetorical aims of liberation, concepts for privilege must meet what I term the ‘boundary condition’, which demarcates the boundary between a privileged elite and the rest of society, and the ‘ignorance condition’, which e…
Race, Colorblindness, and Continental Philosophy
The "colorblind" society is often offered as a worthy ideal for individual interaction as well as public policy. The ethos of liberal democracy would seem indeed to demand that we comport ourselves in a manner completely indifferent to race (and class, and gender, and so on). But is this ideal of colorblindness capable of fulfillment? And whether it is or not, is it truly a worthy political goal? In order to address these questions, one must firs…
The Conservation of Authenticity
Discusses issues related to the conservation of racial authenticity, political commitment and racial reality in the U.S. Growing interest in racial ontology in philosophical circles; Analysis of the concept of social constructivism
Recognition Beyond Struggle
Race, Colorblindness, and Continental Philosophy
The "colorblind" society is often offered as a worthy ideal for individual interaction as well as public policy. The ethos of liberal democracy would seem indeed to demand that we comport ourselves in a manner completely indifferent to race (and class, and gender, and so on). But is this ideal of colorblindness capable of fulfillment? And whether it is or not, is it truly a worthy political goal? In order to address these questions, one must firs…
The Practice of Self-Overcoming
(2007). The Practice of Self-Overcoming: Nietzschean Reflections on the Martial Arts. Journal of the Philosophy of Sport: Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 39-51.
Rodney C. Roberts, Editor, Injustice and Rectification
Liberalism and the Challenge of Race
Derrick Darby’s Rights, Race, and Recognition and Ronald R. Sundstrom’s The Browning of America and the Evasion of Social Justice are two recent efforts to answer the challenges that race and racism pose to liberal theory. Darby draws upon civil rights and abolitionist discourse to advance an “externalist” account of political rights, while Sundstrom explores the strains placed upon liberalism by recent demographic trends. In this review essay, I…
The education of racial perception
This article argues for the practice of the ‘education of racial perception’ as a critical component of any struggle against racial oppression (and for a liberated humanity generally). Taking the phenomenological ontology suggested by Linda Alcoff’s recent book Visible Identities, I argue that the project of educating our racial perception is a way to critically assess the way in which our perception of race both conditions and is conditioned by …
The Creolizing Subject
How does our understanding of the reality (or lack thereof) of race as a category of being affect our understanding of racism as a social phenomenon, and vice versa? How should we envision the aims and methods of our struggles against racism? Traditionally, the Western political and philosophical tradition held that true social justice points toward a race-less future — that racial categories are themselves inherently racist, and a sincere advoca…
Taylor, Paul C. 2013. Race
(2013). Taylor, Paul C. 2013. Race: A Philosophical Introduction. 2nd edition. Malden, MA: Polity Press. South African Journal of Philosophy: Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 285-289
The concept of privilege
In this essay, I examine the use of the concept of privilege within the critical theoretical discourse on oppression and liberation (with a particular focus on white privilege and antiracism in the USA). In order to fulfill the rhetorical aims of liberation, concepts for privilege must meet what I term the ‘boundary condition’, which demarcates the boundary between a privileged elite and the rest of society, and the ‘ignorance condition’, which e…
Rousseau, Fanon, and the Question of Method in Political Theory
Racism and “Self-Love”
The rise in the public profile of “alt-right” and “white nationalist” groups in recent years is often described as a rise in “hate groups.” The presumption in this nomenclature is that these sorts of groups are defined essentially in terms of their shared hatred for some or all nonwhite individuals and groups. However, the rhetoric of such groups is couched not as hatred, but rather in terms of “self-love”—they do not hate other groups, they are …
White Privilege
Making Waves
Frantz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks opens with a discussion of language in the colonial setting. I argue that this is at least in part due to Fanon’s background in phenomenology, and the crucial role that intersubjectivity plays in the phenomenological account of the subject. I begin by demonstrating the phenomenological underpinnings of Fanon’s chapter on language. I then further develop the background phenomenological account of the subject,…
Rituals of Liberation
This article argues that sites of coercion and oppression are generated through repeated acts or “ritual practices” that serve to shape psychic space. The author draws on Simone de Beauvoir’s account of oppression to articulate three different categories of “sites of coercion”—geographic, embodied, and spiritual—and argues that amelioration of such sites of coercion requires the cultivation of “rituals of liberation,” which serve to restructure p…
Benjamin Barson’s Brassroots Democracy
Philosophy (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Epistemology (9 works) · Politics (9 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (5 works) · Environmental ethics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works)