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Anthropologies of Social Life and the Critique of Relations of Inferiority
| Resumo: | In this paper I will argue that Niko Kolodny, in The Pecking Order: Social Hierarchy as a Philosophical Problem, provides necessary but not sufficient theoretical tools to distinguish between legitimate and objectionable relationships of hierarchy, due to the tacit individualistic anthropological assumptions underlying his approach. I will therefore highlight the unilaterality of an individualistic anthropological paradigm and emphasize the need for a relational account of human subjectivity in order to further problematize the nature and the persistence of oppressive relationships of social hierarchy. |
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| Autores principais: | Alexandratos, Francesca Sofia |
| Assunto: | Symposium on Niko Kolodny, The Pecking Order: Social Hierarchy as a Philosophical Problem |
| Ano: | 2025 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Ethics, Politics & Society |
| Resumo: | In this paper I will argue that Niko Kolodny, in The Pecking Order: Social Hierarchy as a Philosophical Problem, provides necessary but not sufficient theoretical tools to distinguish between legitimate and objectionable relationships of hierarchy, due to the tacit individualistic anthropological assumptions underlying his approach. I will therefore highlight the unilaterality of an individualistic anthropological paradigm and emphasize the need for a relational account of human subjectivity in order to further problematize the nature and the persistence of oppressive relationships of social hierarchy. |
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