Beyond Blood Identities: Posthumanity in the Twenty First Century - Softcover

Hill, Jason D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 073913843X ISBN 13: 9780739138434

Publisher: Lexington Books, 2009

Synopsis

In Beyond Blood Identities, Jason D. Hill presents a bold defense of a form of cosmopolitanism according to which only individual persons_not cultures, races, or ethic groups_are the bearers of rights and the possessors of an inviolable status worthy of respect.

About this title

About the Author:

Jason D. Hill is associate professor of philosophy at De Paul University and the author of Becoming a Cosmopolitan: What It Means to Be Human in the New Millennium.

Review:

This book is an important contribution to the scholarship on cosmopolitanism and furthers the debate over exactly what form this political and moral philosophy should take. . . .Hill's rich book provides an engaging line of argument for strong cosmopolitanism that readers will find . . . compelling, shocking, audacious, and rousing. . . .Hill's book [challenges ideas] . . . about cultural, ethnic and racial belonging, and the importance of rootedness in a community. It is for this reason that his book is an important contribution to the ongoing debate over exclusion and belonging in the modern world. (Philosophy Reviews)

This is a compelling read. By subtly weaving real life experiences, including his own, into the fabric of the philosophical arguments, Hill provides a remarkably perceptive and nuanced assault on tribalism, in all its many forms. He breathes life into a version of moral cosmopolitanism by challenging the prevailing and distorting conception of culture, then carefully identifying key cosmopolitan virtues and demonstrating the relevance of his post-human cosmopolitanism to several urgent issues confronting contemporary society. (John R. Danley, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)

Jason Hill has established himself as a leading scholar of strong cosmopolitanism. His latest book provides a withering critique of tribalism in its many contemporary forms. He articulates an alternative vision of being at home in the world that will be of interest to all who care about justice and human well-being in our time. (David T. Hansen, Columbia University)

Beyond Blood Identities is a critique of contemporary pluralism and multi-culturalism. Hill argues that a cosmopolitan should view culture as a variable, without absolute attachment to one's racial, national, or ethnic background. Hill's moral and psychoanalytic analyses of indigenous, white, black, Asian, and Jewish "tribal" identities will inspire, fascinate, and enrage a wide range of scholars and general readers. (Naomi Zack, professor of philosophy, Lehman College, CUNY)

About this edition

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 073913843X
• ISBN 13: 9780739138434
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 254