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Oppressive Speech and Society: Philosophical Perspectives book cover

1st Edition

Oppressive Speech and Society Philosophical Perspectives

Edited By Mihaela Popa-Wyatt Copyright 2027
230 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This volume offers theoretical frameworks for thinking about the relationship between oppressive speech and oppressive social structures. Central to the volume is the fact that oppressive speech doesn’t just harm the target during a conversation; it serves to establish and maintain oppressive norms and structures. This volume examines how linguistic acts can have adverse social effects.... Read more

Introduction

Part 1: The Linguistic Nature of Slurs 

1. The Pejorative Functioning of Gendered Slurs Lauren Ashwell 

2. ‘Stupid Women’ and ‘Rebel Scum’: The Problem of Compositional Slurs Graham Stevens 

3. Slurs Sting: Silencing, Un-Blockability, and the Intersubjective Dimension of Communication Stephen Barker and Mihaela Popa-Wyatt 

 

Part 2: The Social Nature of Oppressive Speech 

4. Oppressive Acts Mary Kate McGowan 

5. Small Events, Big Effects, and The Two Faces of Institutional Accumulation Ron Mallon  

6. Do Agents of Everyday Sexist Speech Acts Discriminate Against Women? Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen 

 

Part 3: Social and Political Remedies to Oppressive Speech 

7. The Embedded and Embodied Politics of Speech: Social Imaginaries, Affect, and Institutional Power Millicent Churcher and Louise Richardson-Self 

8. Does the Baker Have a Free Speech Case? The Expansion of Speech-as-Conduct and Risks to Free Speech Katharine Gelber 

9. The Riddle of Hate Speech: Can Sincere Expression Be Morally Wrong? Jamie Mayerfeld 

Biography

Mihaela Popa-Wyatt is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Manchester, UK. Her primary research areas are philosophy of language and linguistics, meta-ethics, social and political philosophy, social epistemology, and philosophy of race and gender.

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