Thursday, April 24, 2008
by: Dr. Abe Zakhem, Department of Philosophy

On Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 4:00 p.m., in the Science and Technology Center Amphitheatre, the Department of Philosophy and the Dean’s Office of College of Arts and Sciences will inaugurate the Philosophers Speak lecture series and proudly feature world renowned philosopher and author Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah.

Professor Appiah will present “My Cosmopolitanism” and explore the origins of cosmopolitanism in his own experience and in the history of philosophy. He will then discuss and defend cosmopolitanism’s proper place and role in a globalized world. Contrary to the “counter-cosmopolitan” tendencies of religious fundamentalists, Professor Appiah appeals to the common philosophical roots of the ancient Eastern Mediterranean world to deliver an innovative cosmopolitan vision that is compatible with both Christianity and Islam.

Kwame Anthony Appiah is the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. He was born in London, grew up in Ghana, and took B.A. and Ph.D. degrees in philosophy at Cambridge University. He has taught previously at Cambridge, Cornell, Duke, the Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Paris, Harvard, and Yale. Among his books are "In My Father’s House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture," "The Ethics of Identity," and "Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers," which was excerpted as the cover story in the New York Times Sunday magazine in January 2006. His most recent book is "Experiments in Ethics," which discusses the relationship between moral philosophy, psychology and the social sciences. He has also published widely discussed work on Africa, race and racism, and multiculturalism and is the author of three novels. See www.appiah.net for more information about the author.

For more information please contact:
Dr. Abe Zakhem, Department of Philosophy
973-761-9480
zakhemab@shu.edu