Sally Haslanger
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199892631
- eISBN:
- 9780199980055
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199892631.003.0013
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy
Theorists “analyzing” the concepts of race and gender disagree over whether the terms refer to natural kinds, social kinds, or nothing at all. The question arises what we mean by the terms, and it is ...
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Theorists “analyzing” the concepts of race and gender disagree over whether the terms refer to natural kinds, social kinds, or nothing at all. The question arises what we mean by the terms, and it is usually assumed that ordinary intuitions of native speakers are definitive. The chapter argues that contemporary semantic externalism can usefully combine with insights from Foucauldian genealogy to challenge mainstream methods of analysis and lend credibility to social constructionist projects.Less
Theorists “analyzing” the concepts of race and gender disagree over whether the terms refer to natural kinds, social kinds, or nothing at all. The question arises what we mean by the terms, and it is usually assumed that ordinary intuitions of native speakers are definitive. The chapter argues that contemporary semantic externalism can usefully combine with insights from Foucauldian genealogy to challenge mainstream methods of analysis and lend credibility to social constructionist projects.
Andrew Vincent
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199600670
- eISBN:
- 9780191738203
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199600670.003.0009
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory
Two concepts figure continuously in writings on politics from the late nineteenth century to the present day: ideology and political theory. Their relation is complex and unresolved. In common usage, ...
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Two concepts figure continuously in writings on politics from the late nineteenth century to the present day: ideology and political theory. Their relation is complex and unresolved. In common usage, occasionally one of these concepts will dominate in political discourse—often half-consciously presupposing an understanding of the other. Ideology is probably the more promiscuous of the conceptual duo. This chapter does not aim to provide any comprehensive conceptual genealogy of the terms. Rather, it focuses on the relationship between them. It is the core argument of this chapter that this relationship has not really been clearly delineated in any systematic manner before. Sometimes the terms are taken as synonyms, at other points they subsist as mortal conceptual enemies. However, they continue to subsist as deeply averse bedfellows. The chapter provides a systematic overview of this relationship and argues ultimately for a more positive segregation of the concepts.Less
Two concepts figure continuously in writings on politics from the late nineteenth century to the present day: ideology and political theory. Their relation is complex and unresolved. In common usage, occasionally one of these concepts will dominate in political discourse—often half-consciously presupposing an understanding of the other. Ideology is probably the more promiscuous of the conceptual duo. This chapter does not aim to provide any comprehensive conceptual genealogy of the terms. Rather, it focuses on the relationship between them. It is the core argument of this chapter that this relationship has not really been clearly delineated in any systematic manner before. Sometimes the terms are taken as synonyms, at other points they subsist as mortal conceptual enemies. However, they continue to subsist as deeply averse bedfellows. The chapter provides a systematic overview of this relationship and argues ultimately for a more positive segregation of the concepts.
