BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240329T111913Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200225T120000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200225T133000 SUMMARY:A Metaphysics of Dehumanization UID:20240329T111913Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:250 Victoria Parade\, Melbourne\, Australia DESCRIPTION:
Abstract
\nMost accounts of \;dehumanization \;treat it as a matter of psychology: to \;dehumanize \;someone is to see them as less than human. In this talk I take a very different approach. To \;dehumanize \;someone\, I suggest\, can be fruitfully understood as a metaphysical move - it is an attempt to remove them from the category of the human. Crucially\, 'the human' here is to be understood as a social construction\, rather than a biological fact. In this talk I'll explain the limitations of the psychological approach\; sketch the theory of the human from which my account of dehumanization is drawn\; and consider some of the implications of conceiving of dehumanization as excommunication from a social kind.
\n\n\n\n ORGANIZER;CN=Sam Baron: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR