Lexington Books
Pages: 164
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Trim: 6½ x 9¼
978-0-7391-7975-8 • Hardback • October 2014 • $120.00 • (£92.00)
978-1-4985-0444-7 • Paperback • May 2016 • $54.99 • (£42.00)
978-0-7391-7976-5 • eBook • October 2014 • $52.00 • (£40.00)
Matt L. Drabek is visiting assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Iowa and content specialist at ACT, Inc., a nonprofit education company.
Chapter 1. Practices: Embodied and Embedded
Chapter 2. Scientific Classification: Feedback Bias in the Social Sciences
Chapter 3. Classification in Psychiatry: BDSM and Gender Identity
Chapter 4. Classification in Everyday Life: Pornography and Gender
Conclusion. Feedback and Public Debate
I find especially interesting Drabek's emphasis on characterizing 'feedback bias' as a form of structural bias, as opposed to the much studied cognitive bias. . . .The brief discussion on the endogenous/exogenous distress question seems to me one of the book's highlights. . . .Drabek's book contributes to the existing literature by providing a detailed catalogue of cases relevant to marginalization. . . .Overall, this book will serve as a useful resource for readers interested in the topic of how language and classification can harm. By providing a detailed catalogue of cases of marginalization through labeling, it raises many interesting questions that will certainly become fruitful avenues of further research.
— Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
Starting from provocative and engaging examples, Matt L. Drabek sets out an original approach to practices and their place in our everyday life. The book casts much-needed light on debates over our self-understanding and our relations to others, including controversies over gender identity, pornography, and psychiatric classification.
— David G. Stern, University of Iowa