How to Explain Oppression
Issue Date
2005Author
Cudd, Ann E.
Publisher
Sage
Type
Article
Article Version
Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
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http://pos.sagepub.com/content/35/1/20.full.pdfMetadata
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This article discusses explanatory theories of normative concepts and argues for a set of criteria of adequacy by which such theories may be evaluated. The criteria offered fall into four categories: ontological, theoretical, pragmatic, and
moral. After defending the criteria and discussing their relative weighting, this article uses them to prune the set of available explanatory theories of oppression. Functionalist theories, including Hegelian recognition theory and Foucauldian social theory, are rejected, as are psychoanalytic theory and social dominance theory. Finally, the article defends structural rational choice theory as the most promising methodology for explaining oppression.
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"How to Explain Oppression," Philosophy of Social Sciences, 35(2005) pp 20-49.
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