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Record Nr.

UNINA9910171018103321

Autore

Post Robert <1947->

Titolo

Prejudicial appearances [[electronic resource] ] : the logic of American antidiscrimination law / / Robert C. Post ; with K. Anthony Appiah ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, : Duke University Press, 2001

ISBN

9786612903892

1-282-90389-6

0-8223-8113-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AppiahAnthony

Disciplina

342.73/087

Soggetti

Discrimination - Law and legislation - United States

Physical-appearance-based bias

Prejudices

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prejudicial appearances: the logic of American antidiscrimination law / Robert C. Post -- Stereotypes and the shaping of identity / Anthony Appiah -- "Appearances aside" / Judith Butler -- Cover blindness / Thomas C. Grey -- Discrimination in the eyes of the law: how "color blindness" discourse disrupts and rationalizes social stratification / Reva B. Siegel -- Response to commentators / Robert C. Post.

Sommario/riassunto

A dialogue among five eminent scholars--in law and philosophy--about laws based on appearance.