Tag: The Philosophical Forum

  • Reconstructing Race: A Discourse-Theoretical Approach to a Normative Politics of Identity The Philosophical Forum Volume 43, Issue 1 (Spring 2012) pages 27–49 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9191.2011.00409.x Andrew J. Pierce Loyola University, Chicago The claim that race is “socially constructed” has become something of a platitude in social science and philosophy. At a minimum, such a claim means to…

  • Toward a Cleaner White(ness): New Racial Identities The Philosophical Forum Volume 36, Issue 3 (Fall 2005) pages 243–277 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9191.2005.00203.x David Ingram, Professor of Philosophy Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois The essay critically examines some arguments advanced by Henry Giroux that ‘whiteness’ can be appropriated within pedagogical settings as a positive force in combating racism. I…