A History of Inequality and Prejudice
Lectures on the logic of Western mastery. I want to try to explore two questions that are often asked, but not always together: what is
A History of Wester Philosophy: Prejudice and Inequality
A History of Western
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A History of Western Philosophy: Prejudice and Inequality is a series of lectures that explore the ways in which inequality and prejudice have been part of the history and structure of Western thinking. The series suggests that the ‘Great Chain of Being’ is a key foundation for past and present inequalities and prejudices.
In all there will be about 35 lectures. From March 2022 the first eleven lectures will be available to view. The remaining lectures will be added in 2022-3.
We hope that anyone who takes up the challenge of following the series will find the effort that it requires is nevertheless rewarding, and perhaps can prove to be something of a Socratic educational experience.
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The Great Chain of Being
We begin our exploration into the roots of Western prejudice with one of its most important carriers—The Great Chain of Being. It is impossible to
Aristotelian logic
One of the most important elements of our lectures in searching for the roots of prejudice and inequality in western thinking will be the shape
From the mastery of Truth, Nature, Freedom to the mastery of Class, Gender, Race
In our previous lectures we have seen how Plato inspires the Great Chain of Being, and how Aristotle creates hierarchy from the logic of mastery
Mastery and Nature in Antiquity
So far, we have been working with the hypothesis that the story of western thinking, and the prejudices it carries, have their roots in an
The Cosmos of Inequality
Aristotle and Ptolemy Remember that our guiding theme in this lecture series is the origin and development of prejudice and inequality. We have already seen
Emanation
And so, we reach an interesting problem. There is the One and there are the many. There is Unity and there is difference. There is
Copernican Revolution
There is a standard interpretation of the Copernican Revolution and we will begin with this. But remember, in our lecture series we are trying to
Kepler and Galileo
Law and mechanism in the cosmos We have reached an interesting moment in our journey to understand the origin and development of inequality and prejudice.
Newton’s Mechanics
Mechanics is given its most definitive form by Isaac Newton (1643-1727). I. Bernard Cohen says that Newton ‘altered the whole structure of science’ (1985, 180).
Mechanics And Male Mastery
This lecture tells a story. It begins with what Aristotle has to say about nature and gender, and then explores some recent comments about the
A History of Western Philosophy: Prejudice and Inequality
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The first 11 lectures of A History of Western Philosophy: Prejudice and Inequality were released in March 2022 with the first lecture being an introduction titled: A History Of Inequality And Prejudice – Lectures on the logic of Western mastery.