The Construction of Human Kinds

by Ron Mallon

Book Overview

Ron Mallon explores how thinking and talking about kinds of person can bring those kinds into being. Social constructionist explanations of human kinds like race, gender, and homosexuality are commonplace in the social sciences and humanities, but what do they mean and what are their implications?

This book synthesizes recent work in evolutionary, cognitive, and social psychology as well as social theory and the philosophy of science, in order...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198822480
• ISBN13: 9780198822486
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"