Prejudicial Appearances - The Logic of American Antidiscrimination Law

"Post is one of the most sophisticated members of the legal academy, and, not surprisingly, he offers here an illuminating contrast between certain conventional, 'formal' approaches to analyzing 'discrimination' and a far more contextual, sociologically nuanced understanding of social practices."--Sanford Levinson, author of "Processes of Constitutional Decisionmaking: Cases and Materials"

List of contents

Prejudicial Appearances: The Logic of American Antidiscrimination Law/ Robert C. Post 1

Stereotypes and the Shaping of Identity/ K. Anthony Appiah 55

"Appearances Aside" / Judith Butler 73

Cover Blindness / Thomas C. Grey 85

Discrimination in the Eyes of the Law: How "Color Blindness" Discourse Disrupts and Rationalizes Social Stratification / Reva B. Siegel 99

Response to Commentators / Robert C. Post 153

Contributors 165

Index 167

About the author

Robert C. Post, with K. Anthony Appiah, Judith Butler, Thomas C. Grey, and Reva B. Siegel

Summary

A dialogue among five eminent scholars - in law and philosophy - about laws based on appearance.

Product details

• Authors: K Anthony Appiah, K. Anthony Appiah, K.Anthony Appiah, Judith Butler, Thomas C Grey, Thomas C. Grey, K. Anthonyappiah, Robert Post, Robert C Post, Robert C. Post, Reva B Siegel, Reva B. Siegel
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.10.2001
• EAN: 9780822327028
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2702-8
• No. of pages: 184
• Weight: 590 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Arbeitsrecht, allgemein, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies: Gruppen, Verfassungs- und Verwaltungsrecht, Rechtsmethodik, Rechtstheorie und Rechtsphilosophie