Resisters, Diversity in Philosophy, and the Demographic Problem

The discipline of academic philosophy suffers from serious problems of diversity and inclusion whose acknowledgement and amelioration are often resisted by members of our profession. In this paper, I distinguish four main modes of resistance – naïveté, conservatism, pride, and hostility – and descri...

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Main Author:	Ian James Kidd
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Rosenberg & Sellier 2017-04-01
Series:	Rivista di Estetica
Subjects:	diversity inclusion sexism resistance philosophy
Online Access:	http://journals.openedition.org/estetica/2071

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spelling	doaj-3ad20ee53680441f9632c2615c85be902020-11-24T23:21:23ZengRosenberg & SellierRivista di Estetica0035-62122421-58642017-04-016411813310.4000/estetica.2071Resisters, Diversity in Philosophy, and the Demographic ProblemIan James KiddThe discipline of academic philosophy suffers from serious problems of diversity and inclusion whose acknowledgement and amelioration are often resisted by members of our profession. In this paper, I distinguish four main modes of resistance – naïveté, conservatism, pride, and hostility – and describe how and why they manifest by using them as the basis for a typology of types of “resister”. This typology can hopefully be useful to those of us trying to counteract such resistance in ways sensitive to the different motives and strategies that these resisters tend to employ.http://journals.openedition.org/estetica/2071diversityinclusionsexismresistancephilosophy
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description	The discipline of academic philosophy suffers from serious problems of diversity and inclusion whose acknowledgement and amelioration are often resisted by members of our profession. In this paper, I distinguish four main modes of resistance – naïveté, conservatism, pride, and hostility – and describe how and why they manifest by using them as the basis for a typology of types of “resister”. This typology can hopefully be useful to those of us trying to counteract such resistance in ways sensitive to the different motives and strategies that these resisters tend to employ.
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Resisters, Diversity in Philosophy, and the Demographic Problem

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