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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glasgow, Joshua, author.

Haslanger, Sally Anne, author.

Jeffers, Chike, 1982- author.

Spencer, Quayshawn, author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Race--Philosophy.

Race.

Race relations--Philosophy.

Race relations.

Physical Description:

x, 283 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

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

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. "-- Provided by publisher.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Glasgow, Joshua, author. What is race?

ISBN:

9780190610173

0190610174

9780190610180

0190610182

OCLC:

1080245428