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Delve into the analysis of "slurs" defined as derogatory expressions targeting specific groups based on race or sex. Learn from scholars Elizabeth Camp and Lynne Tirrell in this elective course module.
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National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow School of Philosophy – Elective Course Winter 2019, Module 3 Speech Act Theoryand Political Philosophy Prof. Silver Bronzo 7thMeeting – March 5 Slurs (Elizabeth Camp, Lynne Tirrell )
The philosophers we are going to discuss today • Elizabeth Camp • (RutgersUniversity) • “Slurring Perspectives” (2013) • Lynne Tirrell • (University of Massachusetts Boston) • “Genocidal Language Games” (2012)
Part 1. Elizabeth Camp What are “slurs”? Some dictionary definitions: “An insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo” (Merriam-Webster) • An insinuation or allegation about someone that is likely to insult them or damage their reputation. (The comments were a slur on the staff) • a derogatory or insultingterm applied to a particular group of people. (A racial slur) • (Oxford English Dictionary)
Part 1. Elizabeth Camp What are “slurs”? “slurs—which I take to be expressions that derogate in virtue of membership in a group like race or sex” (p. 345) Examples (from Camp’s article): kike (for a Jewish person) spic (for a Latino person) Jap (for a Japanese person) Chink (for a Chinese person) dyke (for a lesbian woman)
Part 1. Elizabeth Camp Features of slurs. “slurs—which I take to be expressions that derogate in virtue of membership in a group like race or sex” (p. 345) Examples (from Camp’s article): kike (for a Jewish person) spic (for a Latino person) Jap (for a Japanese person) Chink (for a Chinese person) dyke (for a lesbian woman)