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Just Words: On Speech and Hidden Harm
By (author) Mary Kate McGowan
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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.
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Publisher | Oxford University Press
Published date | 21 Feb 2019
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 222
Dimensions | 219 x 148 x 19mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 384g
ISBN | 978-0-1988-2970-6
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