Oppressive Speech and Society

Name: Oppressive Speech and Society
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Philosophical Perspectives

By: Mihaela Popa-Wyatt (Editor)

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Hardcover | 10 July 2026 | Edition Number 1

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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. Additionally, it considers the linguistic and policy actions that can undo or prevent conversational and social harms. The chapters are divided into four thematic sections. Part 1 explains the nature of slurs. These chapters define their conceptual boundaries, forms, and linguistic patterns, as well as the mechanisms via which conversational harm is brought about. Part 2 considers how oppressive speech changes social norms, establishes oppressive norms, and how long-term harm and cumulative harm emerge. Finally, Part 3 explores immediate remedies that a speaker or hearer might take.

Oppressive Speech and Society will appeal to scholars and advanced students working at the intersection of philosophy of language and social and political philosophy.

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