The dynamics of epistemic injustice

• Verfasst von: Catala, Amandine [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The dynamics of epistemic injustice
• Titelzusatz: situating epistemic power and agency
• Verf.angabe: Amandine Catala
• Ausgabe: Revised edition.
• Verlagsort: New York, NY
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Jahr: 2025
• Umfang: 1 online resource
• Illustrationen: illustrations.
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Studies in feminist philosophy
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Oxford scholarship online
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 28, 2024)
• ISBN: 978-0-19-777635-3
• DOI: doi:10.1093/9780197776353.001.0001
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe
• Sach-SW: Philosophy
• Sach-SW: Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
• K10plus-PPN: 1919524851
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Abstract

Epistemic injustice refers to the injustice that a person suffers specifically in their capacity as a knower - i.e., as someone who produces, conveys, or uses knowledge. Epistemic injustice occurs every day when members of non-dominant groups are not included or taken seriously in conversations or social representations due to individual or societal biases. Epistemic injustice is inherently connected to epistemic power and epistemic agency: understanding and addressing epistemic injustice allows us to better understand and address epistemic power and agency, and vice versa. Amandine Catala offers a systematic account of epistemic power and agency by turning to the dynamics of epistemic injustice - that is, the many forms epistemic injustice can take, the different sites & mechanisms through which it operates, and the various transformations consequently required to cultivate greater epistemic justice.

Abstract

"Epistemic injustice is inherently connected to epistemic power and epistemic agency: understanding and addressing the former allows us to better understand and address the latter, and vice versa. Yet, despite vast and rich discussions of epistemic injustice, which often invoke the notions of epistemic power and epistemic agency, both notions remain undertheorized and hence largely elusive. This book offers a systematic account of epistemic power and agency by turning to the dynamics of epistemic injustice - that is, the many forms epistemic injustice can take, the different sites and mechanisms through which it operates, and the various transformations consequently required to cultivate greater epistemic justice. Adopting standpoint theory both as a theory and as a methodology, the book focuses on several pressing social questions, such as deliberative impasses in divided societies, colonial memory, academic migration, the underrepresentation of members of non-dominant groups in certain fields, and the marginalization of minoritized minds, such as intellectually disabled people and autistics. By analyzing these social questions through the lens of the dynamics of epistemic injustice, the book develops a systematic account of epistemic power and agency"--