Research Catalog

Title

What is race? : four philosophical views / Joshua Glasgow, Sally Haslanger, Chike Jeffers, Quayshawn Spencer.

Author

Glasgow, Joshua

Publication

• New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
• ©2019

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Haslanger, Sally Anne
• Jeffers, Chike, 1982-
• Spencer, Quayshawn

Description

x, 283 pages; 24 cm

Summary

• " Across public discourse, in the media, politics, many branches of academic inquiry, and ordinary daily interactions, we spend a lot time talking about race: race relations, racial violence, discrimination based on race, racial integration, racial progress. It is fair to say that questions about race have vexed our social life. But for all we speak about race, do we know what race is? Is it a social construct or a biological object? Is it a bankrupt holdover from a time before sophisticated scientific understanding and genetics, or can it still hold up in biological, genetic, and other types of research? Most fundamentally, is race real? In this book, four prominent philosophers and race theorists debate how best to answer these difficult questions, applying philosophical tools and the principles of social justice to cutting-edge findings from the biological and social sciences. Each presents a distinct view of race: Sally Haslanger argues that race is a socio-political reality. Chike Jeffers maintains that race is not only political but also, importantly, cultural. Quayshawn Spencer pursues the idea that race is biologically real. And Joshua Glasgow argues that either race is not real, or if it is, it must be real in a way that is neither social nor biological. Each offers an argument for their own view and then replies to the others. Woven together, the result is a lively debate that opens up numerous ways of understanding race. Above all, it is call for sophisticated and principled discussion of something that significantly permeates our lives. "--
• "In this debate-format book, four philosophers - Joshua Glasgow, Sally Haslanger, Chike Jeffers, and Quayshawn Spencer; articulate contrasting views on race. Each author presents a distinct viewpoint on what race is, and then replies to the others, offering theories that are clear and accessible to undergraduates, lay readers, and non-specialists, as well as other philosophers of race"--

Subject

• Race > Philosophy
• Race relations > Philosophy
• PHILOSOPHY / Political
• PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics
• PHILOSOPHY / Movements / General

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- 1. Tracing the Sociopolitical Reality of Race / Sally Haslanger -- 2. Cultural Constructionism / Chike Jeffers -- 3. How to be a Biological Racial Realist / Quayshawn Spencer -- 4. Is Race an Illusion or a (Very) Basic Reality? / Joshua Glasgow -- 5. Haslanger's Reply to Glasgow, Jeffers, and Spencer -- 6. Jeffers' Reply to Glasgow, Haslanger, and Spencer -- 7. Spencer's Reply to Glasgow, Haslanger and Jeffers -- 8. Glasgow's Reply to Haslanger, Jeffers, and Spencer.

Call Number

JFE 19-7580

ISBN

• 9780190610173
• 0190610174
• 9780190610180
• 0190610182
• 9780190610210 (canceled/invalid)
• 0190610212 (canceled/invalid)
• 9780190610197 (canceled/invalid)
• 0190610190 (canceled/invalid)
• 9780190610203 (canceled/invalid)
• 0190610204 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2018053834

OCLC

1080245428

Author

Glasgow, Joshua, author.

Title

What is race? : four philosophical views / Joshua Glasgow, Sally Haslanger, Chike Jeffers, Quayshawn Spencer.

Publisher

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Haslanger, Sally Anne, author.

Jeffers, Chike, 1982- author.

Spencer, Quayshawn, author.

Other Form:

Online version: Glasgow, Joshua, author. What is race? New York : Oxford University Press, 2019 9780190610210 (DLC) 2019007102

Research Call Number

JFE 19-7580