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On the Origin of “Gender” and “Race”

September 2, 2015 · by Robin James · in Uncategorized

In my social & political philosophy class, we’re beginning the course by talking about social contract theory. The other day we considered Charles Mills’ claim that a theory of a prior “domination contract” would put us “in a position to…

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