{"id":2386,"date":"2021-10-23T05:26:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T05:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2021\/10\/23\/not-all-academic-philosophers-are-leftists\/"},"modified":"2021-10-23T05:26:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T05:26:58","slug":"not-all-academic-philosophers-are-leftists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2021\/10\/23\/not-all-academic-philosophers-are-leftists\/","title":{"rendered":"Not All Academic Philosophers are Leftists!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dissident Philosophers<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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Voices Against the Political Current of the Academy<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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EDITED BY<\/strong> T. ALLAN HILLMAN AND TULLY BORLAND<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The book consists of sixteen essays (and an introduction) from prominent philosophers who are at odds with the predominant political trend(s) of academic philosophy, political trend(s) primarily associated with leftism. Some of these philosophers identify explicitly with the political right \u2013 an admittedly broad term which ranges from American conservative to British Tory, from religious right to non-religious right, from libertarian to authoritarian. Yet other dissident philosophers eschew the left\/right dichotomy altogether while maintaining a firm political distance from the majority of their (left-leaning) colleagues. The primary goal of the volume is to represent a broad constituency of political philosophies and perspectives at variance with the prevailing political sentiments of the academy. Each essay is partly autobiographical in nature, detailing personal experiences that have influenced these philosophers throughout their lives, and partly philosophical, putting forth reflections on the intellectual viability of a right-leaning (or decidedly non-left leaning) political philosophy or some segment of it. The contemporary university is supposed to be the locus of viewpoint diversity, and yet as is evident to professors, students, and virtually anyone else who sets foot within its halls, it most certainly is not \u2013 particularly in matters political. Nevertheless, these essays are not instances of special-pleading or grievance incitement. Instead, each article provides a glimpse into the life of an academic philosopher whose views have largely been at odds with peers and colleagues. Furthermore, all of the essays were consciously constructed with the aim of being philosophically rigorous while eschewing technical language and verbose prose. In short, the essays will be enjoyable to a wide audience.<\/span><\/p>\n

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My Facebook<\/em> comments:  <\/span><\/p>\n

Your humble correspondent's contribution is entitled "From Democrat to Dissident." Click on the link<\/a> to see the Table of Contents and a review. I was planning on buying a number of copies for my friends. But the $120 price tag is somewhat disuassive.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have carefully read the introductory chapter by Allan Hillman and Tully Borland<\/span><\/a>. Well written, exciting, rigorous, with a delightful soup\u00e7on of snark.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Left gets its collective and collectivist @ss royally kicked by a formidable crew of philosophers. Formidable or not, I am honored to be among them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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