Oppression and responsibility : a Wittgensteinian approach to social practices and moral theory /

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Combating homophobia, racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination and violence in our society requires more than just focusing on the overt acts of prejudiced and abusive individuals. The very intelligibility of such acts, in fact, depends upon a background of shared beliefs, attitudes, and be...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: O'Connor, Peg, 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2002.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, > 1889-1951.
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, > 1889-1951
Social ethics > United States.
Marginality, Social > United States.
Oppression (Psychology)
Discrimination > United States.
Sociolinguistics > United States.
Oppression.
Sociolinguistique > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
PHILOSOPHY / Good & Evil
Discrimination
Marginality, Social
Social ethics
Sociolinguistics
Verantwoordelijkheid.
Ethiek.
Sociale filosofie.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: Why Wittgenstein?
  • The Necessity of Practices and Backgrounds
  • The Stability of Rationality
  • Conspiracies and Connect the Dots: The Search for Motive in the Church Burnings
  • The Meaning of Assaultive Speech: Its Harmful Uses
  • Moving to New Boroughs: Transforming the World by Inventing Language Games
  • Lesbian Barroom Brawls: Racial Integration in the 1950s
  • If Everybody's Responsible, Then Nobody Is
  • Postscript: Contra Determinism and Fatalism.

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