Philosopher
Naomi Zack
Overview
Naomi Zack is a Professor of Philosophy at Lehman College, City University of New York, having formerly been a professor at the University of Albany and the University of Oregon. She has written thirteen books and three textbooks, and she has edited or co-edited five anthologies, in addition to publishing a large number of papers and book chapters, particularly in areas having to deal with race, feminism, and natural disasters. Zack has taken on a number of professional roles related to the representation of women and other under-represented groups in philosophy. Zack is also a member of the editorial boards of multiple journals, including Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, The Journal of Race and Policy, Ethnic Studies: an Interdisciplinary Journal of Culture, Race and Ethnicity, and the Radical Philosophical Review.
Zack was born in 1944 in Brooklyn, New York. Her mother was Jewish, and her father was Black and Native American.
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Philosophers who discussed Naomi Zack
Ideas Naomi Zack discusses
- Feminist theory
- Western philosophy
- Critical race theory
- Social constructionism
- Continental philosophy
- Social contract
- C. I. Lewis
- Columbia University
- History of philosophy
- New York University
- Contemporary philosophy
- Identity (philosophy)
Place in the tradition
Part of Existentialism.