Racism
A Philosophical Analysis of a Concept
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19002400 |
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| Authors | William H Bruening (Department of Philosophy Purdue University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-17 |
| Publication date | 1974-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Black Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9347 • E-ISSN: 1552-4566 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002193477400500101 |
| OpenAlex | W99597828 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
John Dewey is well known for his theory of inquiry, which we might summarize in the following five steps: (1) the felt difficulty appears; (2) the problem or difficulty is articulated clearly; (3) solutions to the problem are suggested; (4) consequences of the proposed solutions are investigated; (5) the probable solutions are tested (Dewey, 1938). In applying this conception of inquiry to the topic of this paper, only one aspect of Dewey's five-step methodology can be discussed-the problem or difficulty is articulated clearly. This paper proposes to delineate several factors that are involved in racism, but it does not propose to follow this articulation with a solution, or a testing of the solution. The epilogue to the paper does suggest that the geography of the proposed solution(s) can be sketched. The paper does not give the topography of the map. Starting with Allport's (1958: 10) definition of prejudice in his classic The Nature of Prejudice as an antipathy based on a faulty and inflexible generalization, the paper divides itself into four distinct parts. The first part concerns the logic
Epistemology · Racism · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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