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Circadian justice

White, Jonathan [orcid_16x1]ORCID: 0000-0002-4668-698X (2022)
Circadian justice. Journal of Political Philosophy, 30 (4). 487 -
511. ISSN 0963-8016

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Identification Number: 10.1111/jopp.12271

Abstract

This article gives an empirically-grounded analysis of the normative
problems arising in connection with sleep. It takes as its point of
departure three tendencies visible to varying degrees in present-day
societies: the shortening of sleep, its irregularisation, and its
desynchronisation. The article observes their capacity to generate
injustice, identifying in particular how they produce social and
political inequalities. Minorities arise characterised by their
disadvantage on one or both counts. As the article further argues,
adequately responding to these inequalities demands a wide-ranging
approach, based on recognising the extent to which modern life is
structured around sleep norms many no longer live by. Given the
difficulty and undesirability of restoring the practices that
underpin those norms, the challenge is develop societies that no
longer presuppose them.

     Item Type:  Article

  Official URL:  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14679760

     Additional  (c) 2021 John Wiley & Sons
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     Divisions:  European Institute

                 H Social Sciences > HN Social history and
      Subjects:  conditions. Social problems. Social reform
                 H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
                 J Political Science > JC Political theory

Date Deposited:  14 Oct 2021 09:57

 Last Modified:  29 Jul 2025 19:24

           URI:  http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/112431

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