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Just Words: On Speech and Hidden Harm
by Just Words: On Speech and Hidden Harm
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We all know that speech can be harmful. But what are these harms, and how exactly does the speech in question bring them 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.
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- Oxford University Press Brand
- May 25, 2021 Pub Date:
- 9780192897398 ISBN-13:
- 019289739X ISBN-10:
- English Language
- 5.4 in * 0.6 in * 8.4 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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