Katharine Jenkins Knihy

Focusing on the intersection of social identity and oppression, this book explores how societal structures shape our membership in various human categories. It examines the oppressive aspects of these classifications, particularly in relation to race and gender, while also acknowledging the value individuals may find in their identities. The text emphasizes the need for critical reflection and active efforts to transform these categories for a more equitable society.

"The way society is organized means that we all get made into members of various types of people, such as judges, wives, or women. These 'human social kinds' may be brought into being by oppressive social arrangements, and people may suffer oppression in virtue of being made into a member of a certain human social kind; this much is obvious. In Ontology and Oppression, Katharine Jenkins goes further, arguing that we should pay attention to the ways in which the very fact of being made into a member of a certain human social kind can be oppressive. She supplies three conceptual tools needed to understand the phenomenon. "--Back cover