tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post9213824892888108273..comments2024-03-27T21:43:02.451-04:00Comments on NEW SAVANNA: Why do philosophy departments pretend that Western philosophy is all there is?Bill Benzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-43313825108315263762016-05-14T12:11:36.838-04:002016-05-14T12:11:36.838-04:00Putting an item on the table with its potential fo...Putting an item on the table with its potential for full and open democratic discussion provokes a range of emotions in academics from deep discomfort to full blown horror.<br /><br />The issue with a name change is I thin,k if not the reality the ideal has to hold that you are free to follow any line of critical enquiry that seems to present itself.<br /><br />Constricting the name allows for jebnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-18168135115312656632016-05-12T15:39:10.679-04:002016-05-12T15:39:10.679-04:00I can see why the departments wouldn't want to...I can see why the departments wouldn't want to include non-Western philosophy. There's a lot of it, where to begin, what to cover? But to not own up to the limitation by a simple renaming? I guess by putting the limitation on the table, it leaves an uncomfortable feeling.Bill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-37226938424115611842016-05-12T07:42:35.464-04:002016-05-12T07:42:35.464-04:00That god had given European males a philosophical ...That god had given European males a philosophical beard for ornamental purposes and to distinguish them from women is an older perspective. Earlier still the first anthropology was identifying nations of beard haters who had considerable antipathy to that most natural ensign of European manhood.<br /><br />"The beard-wearers dominant feature of mind<br />Is animal pride, most repulsive in Jebnoreply@blogger.com