| Description |
1 online resource (239 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Little things, big harms -- Inarticulate bloviating -- Microaggression skepticism -- A plea to conflict-averse egalitarians -- 1 Microaggression basics -- Chester Pierce and the ways of aggression -- Microaggression gets a little bigger -- Modern microaggression research -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Now for the details -- 2 All in the eye of the beholder? -- Motivations and doubts -- Varieties of microaggression skepticism -- Whose viewpoint counts (more)? -- Ask an expert -- The problem of tragic coincidences |
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The Ambiguous Experience Account of microaggression -- The trauma of ambiguity -- Unsettling accounts -- 3 Collective harm and individual blame -- The machinery of oppression -- The Structural Account of microaggression -- Bad environments -- Mass torture, the harmless way -- Redwood furniture -- Double-barreled collective harm -- Blame and luck -- 4 Agency problems: Ignorance and lack of control -- Showing off your catapult -- Elusive ignorance -- Updating the subpersonal -- Sneaky subroutines of oppression -- The mindless epidemiology of prejudice -- Drunk on stereotypes |
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Moral agency gets out of control -- Provisional conclusions: It's complicated -- 5 Proleptic blame -- How to greet party guests -- Blame for lab rats -- The strains of involvement -- Shame, shame, shame -- Proleptic blame -- From theory to practice -- 6 How to do better -- Remote control -- Pseudoproblems: Brainwashing and censorship -- Mental tire rotation -- Institutional solutions for collective harm -- Safe space -- Reparative renaming -- The anti-oppression chore wheel -- 7 Uptake failure and dismissal -- Uptake failures -- Victimhood narratives and coddling panic |
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Bystanders, allies, and risks -- The paradox of proleptic blame -- 8 Skillful blame and social media chaos -- The paternalism problem -- Blaming the blamers? -- Talking down -- Calling out and calling in -- Virtue signaling -- Social media chaos -- Conclusion: Justice for an imperfect world -- References -- List of examples and thought experiments -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Microaggressions.
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Prejudices.
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Prejudice
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Microaggressions
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Prejudices
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351762892 |
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1351762893 |
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9781351762908 |
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1351762907 |
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9781351762885 |
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1351762885 |
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9781315195056 |
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1315195054 |
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