What Is Race?: Four Philosophical Views
Joshua Glasgow, Sally Haslanger, Chike Jeffers, and Quayshawn Spencer
Abstract
What is race? This is a question that has haunted human interaction and vexed scholars. In this book, four race theorists debate how best to answer it, applying philosophical tools and principles of social justice to cutting-edge findings from the biological and social sciences. Each of the authors presents a distinct view of race. Sally Haslanger argues that race is a sociopolitical 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 no ... More
What is race? This is a question that has haunted human interaction and vexed scholars. In this book, four race theorists debate how best to answer it, applying philosophical tools and principles of social justice to cutting-edge findings from the biological and social sciences. Each of the authors presents a distinct view of race. Sally Haslanger argues that race is a sociopolitical 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. The result is a lively debate that shines a light on multiple ways of thinking about race.
Keywords:
race,
justice,
identity,
population,
social construction,
reality
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2019 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780190610173 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: June 2019 |
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190610173.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Joshua Glasgow, author
Robert S. Blank Presidential Associate Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Sonoma State University
Sally Haslanger, author
Professor, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, MIT
Chike Jeffers, author
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University
Quayshawn Spencer, author
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania
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