On Taking Offence McTernan Emily
On Taking Offence McTernan Emily Someone fails to shake your outstretched hand, puts you down in front of others, or makes a joke in poor taste. Wouldn't it be better if we didn't? Should we take…
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On Taking Offence McTernan Emily
Someone fails to shake your outstretched hand, puts you down in front of others, or makes a joke in poor taste. Wouldn't it be better if we didn't? Should we take offence?
Within societies marred by inequality, taking offence can resist the day-to-day patterning of social hierarchies.This book defends the significance of details of our social interactions. In the face of popular criticism of people taking offence too easily, and the social problems that creates, Emily McTernan defends taking offence as often morally appropriate and socially valuable. Cumulatively, small acts, and the social norms underlying these, can express and reinforce social hierarchies.
But by taking offence, we mark an act as an affront to our social standing. We also often communicate our rejection of that affront to others. At times, taking offence can be a way to renegotiate the shared social norms around