{"product_id":"what-gender-should-be-hardcover","title":"What Gender Should Be - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew J. Cull\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is gender? More importantly, what should gender look like in the 21st century? This book brings together philosophy with insights from feminist and transgender theory to argue for a position called 'ameliorative pluralism' about gender: that there \u003ci\u003eshould\u003c\/i\u003e be more than two genders, and that each gender term \u003ci\u003eshould\u003c\/i\u003e have multiple meanings. \u003ci\u003eWhat Gender Should Be\u003c\/i\u003e develops an explicitly political version of conceptual engineering (the modification of our representational devices in light of our purposes) based on the work of Otto Neurath and Audre Lorde to examine and critique existing theories of gender. It further produces novel and powerful arguments against those traditions of thinking about gender that arose after the 1980s - family resemblance theories, Butlerian performativity, deflationism, scepticism, and nihilism about gender - developing each tradition in detail before suggesting that each is insufficient for thinking about and doing justice to contemporary transgender identities and politics. Instead, Matthew Cull argues that we should be pluralists about gender, developing and arguing for a position that more apt for contemporary transgender and feminist activism. The 21st century requires a new way of thinking about gender. \u003ci\u003eWhat Gender Should Be\u003c\/i\u003e sets out to provide it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew J. Cull \u003c\/b\u003eis a philosopher at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Their work covers a variety of areas in social and political philosophy, focusing in particular on feminist and transgender philosophy. Matthew's writing has previously appeared in venues such as \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFeminist Philosophy Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and T\u003ci\u003ehe Journal of Social Ontology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 13, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42726032179263,"sku":"9781350328976","price":205.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/83130036f33ba8efef3b3827ffc61bfb_b26ac2f2-a34a-4641-bdf5-a7bbfa92900e.webp?v=1765108964","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/what-gender-should-be-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}