We all know that speech can be harmful. But what are the harms and how exactly does the speech in question brings those harms about? Mary Kate McGowan identifies a previously overlooked mechanism by which speech constitutes, rather than merely causes, harm. She argues that speech constitutes harm wh...

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Main Author:	McGowan, Mary Kate 1968- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Oxford University Press 2021
Edition:	First published in paperback
Subjects:	Soziolinguistik Sexismus Unterdrückung Rassismus Diskriminierung Verbalaggression Sprache Verletzung
Summary:	We all know that speech can be harmful. But what are the harms and how exactly does the speech in question brings those harms about? Mary Kate McGowan identifies a previously overlooked mechanism by which speech constitutes, rather than merely causes, harm. She argues that speech constitutes harm when it enacts a norm that prescribes that harm. McGowan illustrates this theory by considering many categories of speech including sexist remarks, racist hate speech, pornography, verbal triggers for stereotype threat, micro-aggressions, political dog whistles, slam poetry, and even the hanging of posters. Just Words explores a variety of harms - such as oppression, subordination, discrimination, domination, harassment, and marginalization - and ways in which these harms can be remedied.
Physical Description:	xiii, 209 Seiten Breite 148 mm, Hoehe 219 mm, Dicke 19 mm
ISBN:	9780198829706 9780192897398