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James Winchester

Emory University
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Emory University
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 1991
Areas of Interest
Aesthetics
20th Century Philosophy
African/Africana Philosophy
Continental Philosophy
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  •  4
    Bell Hooks, Art on My Mind: Visual Politics
    Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 54 (4): 389-390. 1996.
    Aesthetics
  •  4
    Bell Hooks, Reel To Real: Race, Sex, and Class At The Movies
    Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 57 (3): 388-389. 1999.
    Aesthetics
  •  2
    Refugees in an Age of Anger
    Eco-Ethica 8 187-199. 2019.
    In this paper, I will first argue that the refugee crises in Europe and along the southern border of the United States are the direct result of colonial and neo-colonial politics. The nations that have caused the problems, therefore, have a moral responsibility first to accept refugees and then to work to fix the problems they created. The nations that are responsible for the problems should work to fix them so that the refugees can return home. We will also see that at times, for example in the…Read more
    In this paper, I will first argue that the refugee crises in Europe and along the southern border of the United States are the direct result of colonial and neo-colonial politics. The nations that have caused the problems, therefore, have a moral responsibility first to accept refugees and then to work to fix the problems they created. The nations that are responsible for the problems should work to fix them so that the refugees can return home. We will also see that at times, for example in the case of Central America, the problems first-world people are facing are directly tied to the problems that are making refugees flee. In the second part of the paper, I will argue that there are good reasons to think that Western nations can accept more refugees without creating a xenophobic backlash if they work to address the problems that their own citizens are facing.
  • Aesthetics across the Color Line: Why Nietzsche Can't Sing the Blues
    Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 61 (4): 410-411. 2003.
    Aesthetics
  •  22
    Of Scholarly Readings of Nietzsche: Clark and Magnus On Nietzsche’s Eternal Return
    New Nietzsche Studies 3 (3/4): 77-97. 1999.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
  •  7
    Theories and Stories: Of Starry Nights, Ditches, Bloated Innards, and the Laughter of Servant Girls
    International Studies in Philosophy 38 (3): 5-13. 2006.
  • A.D. Schrift, "Nietzsche and the question of interpretation: Between hermeneutics and deconstruction" (review)
    Man and World 26 (1): 98. 1993.
  •  18
    Against the Received Wisdom, Wagner and Nietzsche Together Again: A Response to Claus-Artur Scheier
    Southern Journal of Philosophy 37 (Supplement): 87-92. 1999.
    German Philosophy
  •  31
    Rhetoric and Politics
    with Chaim Perelman and Molly Black Verene
    Philosophy and Rhetoric 17 (3). 1984.
    Aristotle: Logic and Philosophy of LanguageAristotle's Works
  •  20
    Against the Received Wisdom, Wagner and Nietzsche Together Again: A Response to Claus-Artur Scheier
    Southern Journal of Philosophy 37 (S1): 87-92. 1999.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
  •  4
    Nietzsche's racial profiling
    In Andrew Valls (ed.), Race and Racism in Modern Philosophy, Cornell University Press. 2005.
    Philosophy of RaceFriedrich Nietzsche
  •  27
    Understanding Aesthetic Judgments Across Cultural Borders: bell hooks, Kant, and Cornel West and the Understanding of Aesthetic Judgments of Others
    Southern Journal of Philosophy 38 (3): 499-525. 2000.
    Kant: Aesthetic JudgmentBlack FeminismAestheticsAesthetic Judgment
  • Ethics in an Age of Savage Inequalities
    Lexington Books. 2015.
    Examining global poverty as well as poverty within the United States, this book asks what moral obligations the middle class has to the poor
    Social and Political PhilosophyInternational Ethics
  •  48
    Nietzsche's Stinking Thigh and the Footsteps of Tariq Ramadan
    Comparative and Continental Philosophy 3 (2): 207-224. 2011.
    Even while proclaiming that God is dead, Nietzsche often praises Islam and explicitly endorses the Laws of Manu. His praise of Islam and the Laws of Manu is usually tied to a critique of Christianity. Nietzsche’s own social ethic, based in Will to Power, advocates the exploitation of the weak. Tariq Ramadan often speaks appreciatively of Nietzsche, but his vision of social justice seems very similar to the Christian social ethic that Nietzsche constantly attacks. This essay examines the role tha…Read more
    Even while proclaiming that God is dead, Nietzsche often praises Islam and explicitly endorses the Laws of Manu. His praise of Islam and the Laws of Manu is usually tied to a critique of Christianity. Nietzsche’s own social ethic, based in Will to Power, advocates the exploitation of the weak. Tariq Ramadan often speaks appreciatively of Nietzsche, but his vision of social justice seems very similar to the Christian social ethic that Nietzsche constantly attacks. This essay examines the role that Islam plays for Nietzsche and the role that Nietzsche plays for Ramadan. Despite their differences, both thinkers criticize the provincial tendencies in Western thought
    Friedrich NietzscheArabic and Islamic PhilosophyContinental PhilosophyGilles Deleuze
  •  26
    Nietzsche, Naturalism and Interpretation (review)
    Journal of the History of Philosophy 38 (4): 606-607. 2000.
    Nietzsche: Naturalism
  •  13
    Later Derrida: Reading the Recent Work
    Review of Metaphysics 58 (2): 463-465. 2004.
    With Derrida things are never simple. As Herman Rapaport demonstrates in this wonderful book, Derrida has an uncanny ability to problematize supposedly clear distinctions. Analyzing and extending several of Derrida’s recent works, Rapaport brings the later Derrida into conversation with cultural studies and existentialism.
    Jacques DerridaMetaphysics and Epistemology
  •  4
    Ruprecht, Louis A., Jr. Winckelmann and the Vatican's First Profane Museum. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, 252 pp., 28 b&w illus., $85.00 cloth (review)
    Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 71 (2): 224-226. 2013.
    AestheticsHistory of Aesthetics
  •  2
    Book reviews (review)
    with Martin J. Matuštík, Jack Purcell, and Erik Nordenhaug
    Man and World 26 (1): 93-114. 1993.
    Continental Philosophy
  • Nietzsche's Aesthetic Turn: Reading Nietzsche After Heidegger, Deleuze, Derrida
    State University of New York Press. 1994.
    Gilles DeleuzeJacques Derrida
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    Theories and Stories: Of Starry Nights, Ditches, Bloated Innards, and the Laughter of Servant Girls
    International Studies in Philosophy 38 (3): 5-13. 2006.
    European PhilosophyGerman Philosophy
  •  3
    Aesthetics Across the Color Line: Why Nietzsche (Sometimes) Can't Sing the Blues
    Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2002.
    James Winchester brings the western philosophical tradition into dialog with contemporary African-American thinkers in an attempt to bridge the culture gap in aesthetic judgments
    Friedrich Nietzsche
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