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Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality: The Big Questions
Zack
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Description for Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality: The Big Questions
Paperback. This philosophical anthology combines analyses and surveys of contemporary theorizing on social identity. The editors redirect classic philosophical questions about personal identity to the categories of race, class, gender and sexuality. Editor(s): Zack, Naomi; Shrage, Laurie J.; Sartwell, Crispin (Pennsylvania State University, USA). Series: Philosophy: The Big Questions. Num Pages: 424 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 876.
This ambitious philosophical anthology combines analyses and surveys of contemporary theorizing on social identity.The editors redirect classic philosophical questions about personal identity to the categories of race, class, gender and sexuality. Readings consist of scholarly, popular, autobiographical and literary writings that engage issues in racial theory, social and political philosophy and feminism. A fifth part of the book on intersection illustrates the conceptual problems with essentialism and the taxonomy of identity politics. The importance of narrative accounts of social life within these significant identity categories is emphasized throughout the volume.
This ambitious philosophical anthology combines analyses and surveys of contemporary theorizing on social identity.The editors redirect classic philosophical questions about personal identity to the categories of race, class, gender and sexuality. Readings consist of scholarly, popular, autobiographical and literary writings that engage issues in racial theory, social and political philosophy and feminism. A fifth part of the book on intersection illustrates the conceptual problems with essentialism and the taxonomy of identity politics. The importance of narrative accounts of social life within these significant identity categories is emphasized throughout the volume.
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Series
Philosophy: The Big Questions
Condition
New
Weight
758g
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631208754
SKU
V9780631208754
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About Zack
Naomi Zack is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Albany. She is the author of Race and Mixed Race (1993), Bachelors of Science: Seventeenth Century Identity Then and Now (1996), Thinking About Race (1998). She is the Editor of American Mixed Race: The Culture of Microdiversity (1995) and Race/Sex: Their Sameness, Difference, and Interplay ... Read more
Reviews for Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality: The Big Questions
This collection provides both classic and creative new analyses of four kinds of social identity that have been the focus of so much recent scholarly research, intellectual debate, and social policy. The excellent selection of papers in each area reflects the valuable resources that these philosophers bring to the project. This first-rate anthology will be a gift not only for ... Read more