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Unspeakable : a feminist ethic of speech /
This is a book about speech and the silencing of speech; about who gets to speak and who does not; about who is listened to and who is ignored. Betty McLellan insists that, if this prized democratic principle is to have continuing credibility, free speech must be free for all.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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North Melbourne, Vic. :
Spinifex Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; Feminist ethics; Current debates in feminist ethics; Care versus justice; Equality versus justice; Feminist ethics and international relations; Violence; Subordination; Exclusion; Major themes of the book; Defining feminism; Early definitions; Feminism today; Postmodern feminism; Transnational feminism; Political feminism; Radical feminism; Outline of the book; Part I FREE SPEECH versus FAIR SPEECH; 1 FREE SPEECH; Three arguments; The argument for truth; Marketplace of ideas; Slippery slope; The argument for self-determination
- The argument for equalityGranting free speech to all; Eliminating all subordinating speech and speech acts; Creating a more just society; Free speech and democracy; Democracy defined as rule by the people; Democracy defined as rule for the people; The national interest; National security; Mandate; Party solidarity; An example of "rule for the people"; Free speech and power; Collusion between governments and corporations; Increasing the stress on individuals and families; Dumbing-down of society; Lies and deceit; Ignoring the speech of the powerless; Free speech for all; 2 FAIR SPEECH
- The context for fair speechFree trade; Free trade favours the powerful; Free trade fosters and entrenches inequality; Free trade focuses on the individual; Free trade ignores quality of life; Free speech; Fair trade and fair speech compared; Fair trade; The concept of fair speech; Feminist theory; Approaches to equality; Formal equality or gender-neutral approach; Differences approach; Subordination or dominance approach; Fair speech and the subordination approach to equality; The question of harm; Pornography as harmful practice; Pornography subordinates; Pornography silences
- Silenced by powerlessnessSilenced by being ignored; Silenced by disablement; Violence against women; Physical violence by an intimate partner; Sexual assault; Emotional and verbal abuse; Sexual harassment; Fundamentalism; Exclusion from power; Part II THE SILENCING OF WOMEN; 3 SILENCING WOMEN'S VOICES; Tactics of silencing; Violence and threats of violence; Violence against heterosexual women; Violence against lesbians; Fundamentalism; Religious and cultural fundamentalism; Market fundamentalism; The use and abuse of women's bodies; Abuse of women by military personnel
- Abuse of women as integral to men's sportPornography and prostitution; Exclusion; Men's exclusive hold on power; Men's use of token women; The exclusion of women in the name of war; The exclusion of women in the name of peace; The devastating effects of exclusion; Twenty-first-century tactics; International economic imperatives; Poverty; Migrant domestic workers; Sweatshop workers; The language of corporate governance; In the name of community and cultural solidarity; In the name of anti-racism and cultural inclusiveness; 4 SILENCING DISSENTING VOICES; Systematic silencing; Propaganda