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Review published In: New perspectives on conflict:
[Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 9:2] 2021
► pp. 324–331

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David Sosa (ed). Bad Words: Philosophical Perspectives on Slurs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. 256 pp. ISBN 9780198758655 (Hb) £45.00

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Published online: 25 August 2020
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