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Civilized Oppression
Author(s): J. Harvey (Author)
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Publication Date: September 29, 1999
- Language: English
- Print length: 168 pages
- ISBN-10: 0847692752
- ISBN-13: 9780847692750
Book Description
In this important new work, J. Harvey analyzes what is involved in serious but subtle forms of oppression involving neither physical violence nor the use of law, and argues for the crucial role of morally distorted relationships in such oppression. She uncovers a set of underlying moral principles that account for the immorality of civilized oppression, and points to some of the implications for social and institutional life.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Writing with majesty and grace, and passion and understanding, Harvey challenges us to be our moral best by helping us to understand the intricacies of wrongful behavior. This work sheds a very bright light upon the road that we must travel if we are to achieve the hope of humanity–that which separates us from all other creatures–namely the possibility of mutual and abiding respect between all human beings. (Thomas, Laurence)
Without being ponderous, pretentious, or obscure, Harvey has made a strong and striking contribution to the theory of oppression, and a thought-provoking conceptualization of what ‘moral’ relations consist in. (Walker, Margaret Urban)
The book belongs in the personal library of anyone interested in how non-peer relationship may become morally distorted. (
Dialogue)A strong contribution to moral philosophy’s emerging appreciation of the importance of various kinds of relationships. (J. Kellenberger)
About the Author
J. Harvey is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Guelph.
