Dimensions of Prejudice: Towards a Political Economy of Bigotry

by Zak Cope

This book argues that unreasonable dogmatic beliefs are expressions of socially structured patterns of prejudice. Specifically, prejudice is explained as being produced and dispersed within the confines of the political structures governing the manner in which material human needs are created and met. Classifying various dimensions of prejudice (philosophical, epistemological, psychological, sociological, political, and cultural), the book conceptualises...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3039114239
• ISBN13: 9783039114238
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"