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What taking offence does
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Taking offence has been regarded as a useless reaction borne of emotional fragility, or a manifestation of ‘victimhood’. Against popular opinion, this chapter defends taking offence on the grounds of its social function. First, the chapter examines how the social norms that let us convey our respect and regard to others are also one way in which social hierarchies are constructed through the pattern of our social interactions. Second, taking offence is defended on the grounds that it is an appropriate way to stand up for one’s social standing, and that of one’s group, through negotiating these social norms. Third, the chapter justifies such a negotiation of social norms against both those sceptical of the role of social norms in our lives and those who would object to the role of offence in particular as a tactic in that negotiation.
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Abstract
Taking offence has been regarded as a useless reaction borne of emotional fragility, or a manifestation of ‘victimhood’.
Against popular opinion, this chapter defends taking offence on the grounds of its social function.
First, the chapter examines how the social norms that let us convey our respect and regard to others are also one way in which social hierarchies are constructed through the pattern of our social interactions.
Second, taking offence is defended on the grounds that it is an appropriate way to stand up for one’s social standing, and that of one’s group, through negotiating these social norms.
Third, the chapter justifies such a negotiation of social norms against both those sceptical of the role of social norms in our lives and those who would object to the role of offence in particular as a tactic in that negotiation.
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