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Professional Philosophy and Its Myths

Professional Philosophy and Its Myths
Author: Rebekah Spera;David M. Peña-Guzmán
Price: $90.00
ISBN-10: 1666939722
ISBN-13: 9781666939729
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In <i>Professional Philosophy and Its Myths</i>, Rebekah Spera and David M. Pe&ntilde;a-Guzm&aacute;n argue that academic philosophy is steeped in a host of myths that keep professional philosophers in a state of self-ignorance. Understood as unconscious schemas that shape philosophers&rsquo; collective imaginary, these myths perform a dangerous ideological function within the discipline. Not only do they contribute to the overwhelming demographic homogeneity of the profession&mdash;ensuring that philosophy remains a holdout of white and male dominance&mdash;but they also prevent philosophers from seeing themselves as workers who, like all workers who sell their labor for a wage under capital, are subject to alienation, exploitation, and oppression. After outlining and critiquing these myths, Spera and Pe&ntilde;a-Guzm&aacute;n call upon philosophers to collectively invent new myths that will enrich rather than impoverish their psychic and professional lives. Through these new myths, they argue, a new philosophy&mdash;a &ldquo;philosophy of the future&rdquo;&mdash;will be born.