The construction of human kinds /

Weitere Versionen (2)

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...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Mallon, Ron
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
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.
Umfang:
1 online resource (250 pages) : illustrations
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:
0-19-181679-5
0-19-107229-X
Schlagworte:
Philosophical anthropology.
Social psychology.
Human beings > Philosophy.
Bezugswerke:
Links: