Oppression and Responsibility
A Wittgensteinian Approach to Social Practices and Moral Theory
Combating homophobia, racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination and violence in our society requires more than just focusing on the overt acts of prejudiced and abusive individuals. The very intelligibility of such acts, in fact, depends upon a background of shared beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that together form the context of social practices in which these acts come to have the meaning they do. This book, inspired by Wittgenstein as well as feminist and critical race theory, shines a critical light on this background in order to show that we all share more responsibility for the persistence of oppressive social practices than w…
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- ISBN: 978-0-271-02202-4
- EAN: 9780271022024
- Produktnummer: 1460468
- Verlag: Pennsylvania State University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 168 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.3 cm 426 g
- Gewicht: 426
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
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