Zack, Naomi

 

Naomi Zack is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy, where she taught from 2001 – 2019. She is widely recognized in the discipline of philosophy for her work on critical race theory, political and moral philosophy, and the philosophy of race.

Recent Submissions

  • Why I Write So Many Books About Race 
    Zack, Naomi (Journal of World Philosophies, 2016)
    This is intended to be a “personal essay” about my work as a nonwhite philosopher. I find the premise condescending and somewhat annoying. I would not encourage anyone else who shares my demographics to follow my example, ...
  • Race, Class, and Money in Disaster 
    Zack, Naomi (The Southern Journal of Philosophy, 2009)
    We are a society that treats human remains with respect. In wartime, the dead are transported home and buried with great solemnity, attended by their friends, relatives, neighbors, and public dignitaries. The flags that ...
  • Requirements for an Ethics of Race 
    Zack, Naomi (Rowman and Littlefield, 2011)
    The historical and contemporary reality of race in the United States encompasses race relations (interactions between different racial groups and their members), laws concerning members of different racial groups, the ...
  • The Philosophical Roots of Racial Essentialism and Its Legacy 
    Zack, Naomi (Confluence: Journal of World Philosophies, 2016-11-16)
    Racial essentialism or the idea of unchanging racial substances that support human social hierarchy, was introduced into philosophy by David Hume and expanded upon by Immanuel Kant. These strong influences continued into ...
  • Philosophy and Disaster 
    Zack, Naomi, 1944- (Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS), 2006-04)
    Philosophers have traditionally written from the perspective of ordinary people and they are as vulnerable to fear as other members of the public. Academic philosophers can contribute to the multi-disciplinary field of ...
  • Human Values as a Source for Sustaining the Environment 
    Zack, Naomi, 1944- (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002)
  • A Philosophically Serious Comparison of the Ontologies of Race and Gender 
    Zack, Naomi, 1944- (2005-12)
    Race and gender are not ontologically or epistemologically symmetrical. Ontologies of human races are more recent historical ideas than male-female taxonomies of gender, although ontologies of gender that include intersexuals, ...
  • Race and Mixed Race 
    Zack, Naomi, 1944- (Temple University Press, 1993)
    In the first philosophical challenge to accepted racial classifications in the United States, Naomi Zack uses philosophical methods to criticize their logic. Tracing social and historical problems related to racial identity, ...
  • Philosophical aspects of the `AAA Statement on "Race"' 
    Zack, Naomi, 1944- (SAGE Publications, 2001-12)
    I apply philosophical analysis to the AAA Statement on "Race"' (American Anthropological Association, 1998) and the commentary on its earlier draft published in the Anthropology Newsletter (1997). Racial essentialism is ...
  • Lockean Money, Indigenism and Globalism 
    Zack, Naomi, 1944- (University of Calgary Press, 1999)
    The term 'indigenism' is currently used to refer to the traditions, interests, and goals of the descendants of original, or "pre-contact," inhabitants of lands that Europeans and Americans invaded and exploited. In general, ...