1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458628803321

Autore

D'Agostino Fred

Titolo

Free public reason [[electronic resource] ] : making it up as we go / / Fred D'Agostino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996

ISBN

1-280-52810-9

0-19-535700-0

1-4294-0665-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Disciplina

32001

Soggetti

Political science - Philosophy

Justification (Theory of knowledge)

Reason

Electronic books.

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 (p. 185-191) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Introduction; 1. Précis; 2. Retrospective; 3. Prospective; 2. Some Apparatus; 3. The Idea of Public Justification; 4. Some Conceptions of Public Justification; 5. The Ideal of Public Justification; 6. Prima Facie Incoherence; 7. Overarching Principles and Perspectives?; 8. Responses to and Diagnosis of Prima Facie Incoherence; 9. 'Solving' the Problem; 10. Assessing the Solution; 11. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This study examines the idea of public justification, stressing its importance but also questioning the coherence of the concept itself. D'Agostino shows that the concept is composed of various values, interests and notions regarding the common good.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462058603321

Autore

Richie Beth

Titolo

Arrested Justice [[electronic resource] ] : Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation / / Beth E. Richie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2012

ISBN

0-8147-0822-6

0-8147-2391-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Disciplina

362.82

362.82920899

Soggetti

Crime - Sociological aspects

Violence - United States

Victims of crimes - United States

Abused women - United States

African American women - Social conditions

African American women - Crimes against

African American women - Violence against

African American women - Abuse of

Electronic books.

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

Introduction -- The problem of male violence against black women -- How we won the mainstream but lost the movement -- Black women, male violence, and the buildup of a prison nation -- The matrix: a black feminist response to male violence and the state -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Black women in marginalized communities are uniquely at risk of battering, rape, sexual harassment, stalking and incest. Through the compelling stories of Black women who have been most affected by racism, persistent poverty, class inequality, limited access to support resources or institutions, Beth E. Richie shows that the threat of violence to Black women has never been more serious, demonstrating how conservative legal, social, political and economic policies have impacted activism in the US-based movement to end violence against



women. Richie argues that Black women face particular peril