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This title in other formats:Sexual Solipsism: Philosophical Essays on Pornography and Objectificationby Rae Langton
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Rae Langton here draws together her ground-breaking work on pornography and objectification, and shows how both involve a kind of solipsism, a failure to treat women as fully human. She argues that pornography is a speech act that subordinates and silences women, and that, given certain liberal principles, women have rights against it. She explores the traditional Kantian idea that there is something wrong with treating a person as a thing, and highlights an additional epistemological dimension to objectification: it is through a kind of self-fulfilling projection of beliefs about women as subordinate that women are treated as things. These controversial essays include three new pieces written especially for the volume. They will make stimulating reading for anyone interested in feminism's dialogue with moral and political philosophy. Synopsis:Rae Langton here draws together her ground-breaking work on pornography and objectification. On pornography she argues from uncontroversial liberal premises to the controversial feminist conclusions that pornography subordinates and silences women, and that women have rights against pornography. On objectification she begins with the traditional idea that objectification involves treating a person as a thing, but then shows that it is through a kind of self-fulfilling projection of beliefs and perceptions of women as subordinate that women are made subordinate and treated as things. These controversial essays in feminist philosophy will be stimulating reading for anyone interested in the status of women in society. About the Author Rae Langton is Professor of Philosophy at MIT. She has been affiliated with Monash University, the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University, Sheffield University, and the University of Edinburgh. Table of Contents Introduction 1. Speech Acts and Unspeakable Acts 2. Responses to Objections 3. Scorekeeping in a Pornographic Language Game 4. Whose Right? Ronald Dworkin, Women, and Pornographers 5. Duty and Desolation 6. Autonomy Denial in Objectification 7. Humean Projection in Objectification 8. Exclusion and Objectification 9. Beyond a Pragmatic Critique of Reason 10. Sexual Solipsism 11. Love and Solipsism Bibliography What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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