Categories We Live By

Zusatztext 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 amso heartened by the way that this excellent and exciting book manages to make that intersection a warmer and more inviting place. Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

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.

Auteur
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.

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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.

Contenu

• Introduction: Social Categories

• Chapter 1: The Conferralist Framework

• Chapter 2: Social Construction as Social Significance

• Chapter 3: Sex and Gender: From Beauvoir to Butler

• Chapter 4: Conferralism about Sex and Gender

• Chapter 5: Conferralism about Other Social Categories

• Chapter 6: Identity as Social Location

• Conclusion: Categories We Live By: Systematicity and Oppression

• Bibliography

• Index