Background
Butler, Clark Wade was born on July 29, 1944 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Stanley Sherman Butler and Frances Lorraine Harris.
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History as the Story of Freedom: Philosophy in Intercultural Context (French Edition)
(The purpose of this book is to advance responsible rehabi...)
The purpose of this book is to advance responsible rehabilitation of the speculative philosophy of history. It challenges the idea popularized by thinkers such as and Claude LÉvi-Strauss and Jean-François Lyotard that historical meta-mythology and meta-narrative are philosophically obsolete. As long as humanity, viewed anthropologically, lives by over-arching narrative, the quest for a version that survives rational criticism remains vital. Here human rights serve as the key to unlock such a version. Despite the fact that the Hegelian philosophy of history has often been derided, something very similar currently functions as the official ideology of the world community: the idea of history as the story of freedom. This book does not retell the world-historical story of freedom. Rather, it uncovers it, beginning with the current age of human rights and working backward through the great role-model civilizations of history. Its conclusion is that a forward retelling of the story of freedom as the story of human rights can be justified by dewesternizing the story. The book contains critical responses from specialized scholars and re-presentative of selected world cultures. The volume includes illustrations, and a guest Afterword by Donald Phillip Verene. It is a companion-volume to the author's Hegel's Logic: Between History and Dialectic (North-western University Press, 1996).
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History As The Story Of Freedom. (Value Inquiry)
(The purpose of this book is to advance responsible rehabi...)
The purpose of this book is to advance responsible rehabilitation of the speculative philosophy of history. It challenges the idea popularized by thinkers such as and Claude Levi-Strauss and Jean-Francois Lyotard that historical meta-mythology and meta-narrative are philosophically obsolete. As long as humanity, viewed anthropologically, lives by over-arching narrative, the quest for a version that survives rational criticism remains vital. Here human rights serve as the key to unlock such a version. Despite the fact that the Hegelian philosophy of history has often been derided, something very similar currently functions as the official ideology of the world community: the idea of history as the story of freedom. This book does not retell the world-historical story of freedom. Rather, it uncovers it, beginning with the current age of human rights and working backward through the great role-model civilizations of history. Its conclusion is that a forward retelling of the story of freedom as the story of human rights can be justified by dewesternizing the story. The book contains critical responses from specialized scholars and re-presentative of selected world cultures. The volume includes illustrations, and a guest Afterword by Donald Phillip Verene. It is a companion-volume to the author's Hegel's Logic: Between History and Dialectic (North-western University Press, 1996).
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Clark Wade Butler
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Bachelor, University Southern California, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, University Southern California, 1969.
Career
Instructor Indiana U.-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, 1969-1970, assistant professor philosophy, 1970-1975, associate professor philosophy, 1975-1980, professor philosophy, since 1980. Visiting faculty, University Strasbourg, France, 1987-1988, since 2001.
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History as the Story of Freedom: Philosophy in Intercultural Context (French Edition)
(The purpose of this book is to advance responsible rehabi...)
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History As The Story Of Freedom. (Value Inquiry)
(The purpose of this book is to advance responsible rehabi...)
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History as the Story of Freedom: Philosophy in Intercultural Context (French Edition)
Membership
Member American Philosophical Association, Hegel Society of America, World Constitution and Parliamentary Association (president 1993-1994).
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Married Rose-Aimée Jacqueline Butler, November 6, 1971. 1 child, Elizabeth Rae.
