Categories We Live by: The Construction of Sex, Gender, Race, and Other Social Categories

ISBN-13: 9780190256807 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 160 str.

Opis

We are women, we are men. We are refugees, people with disabilities, and queers. We belong to social categories and they frame our actions, self-understanding, and opportunities. But what are social categories? How are they constructed? This book addresses these questions and offers a bold, new theory of social categories.

Recenzje

Categories We Live By investigates human social kinds, such as gender and race, in a way that seamlessly blends metaphysics, social ontology, and feminist philosophy. As Ásta observes, 'camping out at that intersection can be a cold and lonely endeavour': each group has a different conception of what philosophy should aim to do, and there is plenty of mutual suspicion. As a fellow camper at that intersection, I know this all too well - which is why I am so heartened by the way that this excellent and exciting book manages to make that intersection a warmer and more inviting place.

O autorze

Ásta is Professor of Philosophy at San Francisco State University. She works mainly in metaphysics, feminist philosophy, and social philosophy and on related topics in epistemology and philosophy of language.