Conferralism and Intersectionality: A Response to Ásta’s <i>Categories We Live By</i>

Конферализм и интерсекциональность: ответ на книгу Ásta «Categories We Live By»
Katharine Jenkins
2019-08-01

Categories We Live ByConferralismIntersectionalitySchema for conferralsSocial property conferral
Abstract The conferralist account of social properties that Ásta develops and defends in Categories We Live By is persuasive in many ways. Conferralism could however do better, by its own lights, at handling the phenomenon of intersectionality. This paper first suggests a friendly amendment to the schema for conferrals that Asta offers. This helps to explain the difficulty concerning intersectionality. Finally, the paper suggests a way of developing the conferralist account that would resolve this difficulty.
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A development of the conferralist account is suggested that would resolve the identified difficulty with intersectionality.
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A friendly amendment to Ásta’s schema for conferrals is proposed to better explain the intersectionality problem.
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The proposed amendment helps explain why intersectional cases pose difficulties for the original conferralist framework.
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Ásta’s conferralist account of social properties is persuasive but has difficulty handling intersectionality.

The conferralist account of social properties as presented in Ásta's Categories We Live By

How conferralism handles the phenomenon of intersectionality, including a proposed amendment to the conferral schema and a development to resolve related difficulties

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