Sexual Solipsism: Philosophical Essays on Pornography and Objectification
- ISBN-10
- 0199247064
- ISBN-13
- 9780199247066
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 405
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-01-08
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Rae Langton
Description
Rae Langton here draws together her ground-breaking work on pornography and objectification. She argues that pornography is a speech act that subordinates and silences women, and that, given certain liberal principles, women have rights against it. She explores the traditional Kantian idea that there is something wrong with treating a person as a thing, and highlights an additional epistemological dimension to objectification: it is through a kind ofself-fulfilling projection of beliefs about women as subordinate that women are treated as things. These controversial essays include three new pieces written especially for the volume. They will make stimulating reading for anyone interested in feminism's dialogue with moral and political philosophy.
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