ISBN:
9780191868207
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 209 Seiten)
Edition:
First edition
DDC:
306.44
Abstract:
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 marginalisation - and ways in which these harms can be remedied.
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780198829706.001.0001
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198829706.001.0001
