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Social categories, such as gender or race, are central to people's identities as well as to the politics of emancipatory social movements. At the same time, these categories are often tied up with oppression. In this seminar we will discuss Katharine Jenkin's forthcoming book on "Ontology and Oppression: Race, Gender, and Social Construction". This book examines a specific set of social categories, such as gender and race. It discusses how we can understand these categories, the role they play in people's identities, and how emancipatory social movements can best respond to them. The book identifies a specific type of injustice, which Jenkins calls "Ontic Injustice". This injustice describes a situation where individuals who are socially constructed as a member of a specific social category (e.g. 'woman') can be wronged by the very fact of being socially constructed in that way.
The seminar will take place as a block seminar from February 20.2.23-23.2.23 in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Christine Bratu in Göttingen. There will be an info session in the first week of the winter term on Thursday, 20.10.22, 6pm in which we talk about the outline of the class and organizational matters.
Note, that the number of places for this class is limited. Information on the selection procedure will be provided in the info session, but please check out the Moodle page of this class beforehand for more information. |