Ontology and Oppression

Autori

• Katharine Jenkins

Parametri

• Filosofia
• Libri di testo
• Libri di testo universitari
• Scienze sociali

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"The way society is organized means that we all get made into members of various types of people, such as judges, wives, or women. These 'human social kinds' may be brought into being by oppressive social arrangements, and people may suffer oppression in virtue of being made into a member of a certain human social kind; this much is obvious. In Ontology and Oppression, Katharine Jenkins goes further, arguing that we should pay attention to the ways in which the very fact of being made into a member of a certain human social kind can be oppressive. She supplies three conceptual tools needed to understand the phenomenon. "--Back cover

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2023

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