The construction of human kinds /
Published by : Oxford University Press, (Oxford : ) Physical details: 250 p. : ill. ; 23 cm ISBN:9780198822486.
Subject(s):
Philosophical anthropology.
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Social psychology.
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Human beings
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Philosophy.
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Social psychology.
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Philosophical anthropology.
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Human beings
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Philosophy.
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Sozialphilosophie.
Year: 2018
Item type:
Books
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-240) and indexes.
Ron Mallon explores how thinking and talking about kinds of person can bring those kinds into being. He considers what normative implications this social constructionism has for our understanding of our practices of representing human kinds, like race, gender, and sexual orientation, and for our own agency.
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