Posts tagged historiography

The Use and Abuse of Philosophy in History: James Warley Miles and the Dangers of Racist Dehistoricization

By Patrick Wohlscheid, College of Charleston

Over the course of his life, the prominent South Carolina philosopher James Warley Miles addressed students at the College of Charleston at least three times: general commencements in 1851 and 1863, and a Chrestomathic Society commencement in 1874, one year before Miles' death.

Issue XIIContent EditorsMay 12, 2021race, history, philosophy, literature, historiography, injusticeComment

Simulated Histories: The Consequences of Reading "Being and Time" in Light of Origins of Totalitarianism

By Brent Rowley

Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism can be productively read as an historically concrete examination of and response to Heidegger's thought in Being and Time.

Archives, Volume 2Content EditorsAugust 21, 2014literature, history, philosophy, government, propoganda, totalitarianism, historiographyComment