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Resisting Reality: Social Construction and Social Critique
Sally Haslanger
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Description for Resisting Reality: Social Construction and Social Critique
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 233 x 26. Weight in Grams: 736.
Contemporary theorists use the term "social construction" with the aim of exposing how what's purportedly "natural" is often at least partly social and, more specifically, how this masking of the social is politically significant. In these previously published essays, Sally Haslanger draws on insights from feminist and critical race theory to explore and develop the idea that gender and race are positions within a structure of social relations. On this interpretation, the point of saying that gender and race are socially constructed is not to make a causal claim about the origins of our concepts of gender and race, or ... Read more
Contemporary theorists use the term "social construction" with the aim of exposing how what's purportedly "natural" is often at least partly social and, more specifically, how this masking of the social is politically significant. In these previously published essays, Sally Haslanger draws on insights from feminist and critical race theory to explore and develop the idea that gender and race are positions within a structure of social relations. On this interpretation, the point of saying that gender and race are socially constructed is not to make a causal claim about the origins of our concepts of gender and race, or ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
703g
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199892624
SKU
V9780199892624
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About Sally Haslanger
Sally Haslanger is Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT, and directs the Women's and Gender Studies Program. She specializes in analytic metaphysics, epistemology and feminist theory, with an emphasis on questions concerning social ontology and social justice. She has co-edited three volumes: Persistence: Contemporary Readings (with Roxanne Marie Kurtz, 2006), Adoption Matters: Philosophical and ... Read more
Reviews for Resisting Reality: Social Construction and Social Critique
Haslanger's book contains thoughtful and innovative essays in the field of social construction.
Akos Sivado, Philosophy in Review
There is real insight to be gained from the clarity and carefulness that Haslanger brings to her analyses of these issues.
Alessandra Tanesini, Radical Philosophy
this is an excellent collection that advances philosophical work on social construction, gender ... Read more
Akos Sivado, Philosophy in Review
There is real insight to be gained from the clarity and carefulness that Haslanger brings to her analyses of these issues.
Alessandra Tanesini, Radical Philosophy
this is an excellent collection that advances philosophical work on social construction, gender ... Read more