Discussion Thread: Iris Young
For any discussion of Iris Youngs essays.Some suggested topics:
Does Young show any influence of Foucault's thinking about power?
Is her typology of oppression missing anything, or including some things that shouldn't be there?
Do you agree with her critique of the distributive paradigm?
Do the five faces of oppression give us a sufficient conceptual map of the real world of (unjust) power?
As always, your own questions and comments are welcome.
posted by David Watkins @ 4:32 PM
2 Comments:
I would say i agree with the five faces of oppression..i think its interesting because some of those ideas of oppression i would never think about! I just think thats how things are and thats how thigns have always been! HOwver, its the system that sets up how things are and the system contributes to these dynamics of oppression. I loved her take on the dynamics of oppression and her social justic approach on power..
Young is similar to Foucault in the way she focuses on social aspects of justice whereas other views of power focus only on the distribution of wealth and power. The societal image of minority groups in the media is an important aspect to consider. The power being used to shape the image of a race is of the same nature of creating discourses toward sexuality or other applications for discrimination.
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