Sexual Solipsism - Philosophical Essays on Pornography and Objectification (Hardcover, New)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2009
First published:	March 2009
Authors:	Rae Langton
Dimensions:	241 x 162 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	424
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-924706-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Ethical issues & debates > Pornography & obscenity Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
LSN:	0-19-924706-4
Barcode:	9780199247066

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