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What are some beginner texts to political philosophy? (lemmygrad.ml)

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Not just Marxist philosophy I want to read and understand other schools of thought too

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, most offered sources are implicitly biased towards Western/traditional intellectual philosophy as we live in a culture that has normalized and centered Western (male) philosophers

Oddly enough I think Action Comics's Action Philosophers is a really breezy introduction to an international body of philosophers that you can use to further your education. Still Western biased, but less so

I.e. Lao Tzu, Confucius, Simone du Beauvoir, Frantz Fanon, et al

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Philosophers!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

De Beauvoir? Not Western biased? Her writings are very orientalistic (though besides that, she's alright).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Ah, I meant the selection of philosophers was Western biased. But yes, to your point, most Western philosophers also have Western biases