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The Hegelian-Marxism of Du Bois: On the Meaning of Double Consciousness
Note: I wrote this paper during my first-year of college, while I was enrolled in Yale’s Directed Studies program. I wanted to share it unedited because, as I look back on my academic journey and intellectual growth, I come to the realization that I have traveled a long, long way in my quest for knowledge.…
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Simone de Beauvoir on Freedom, Economic Injustice, and Resistance
Simone de Beauvoir (French, 1908-1986) is a philosopher of freedom. She thinks that man is free and ought to be free. When he acts, his actions must be unconstrained by any abstract moral rule – as Kant suggests – because abstract rules do not help in particular situations. Every particular situation has its own set…
