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. 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. 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 and mechanisms through which it operates, and the various
transformations consequently required to cultivate greater epistemic
justice.
Adopting standpoint theory as both a theoretical and a methodological
framework, Catala considers 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, the marginalization of minoritized minds such as
intellectually disabled people, and the underdiagnosing of autistic
women. By analyzing these social questions through the lens of the
dynamics of epistemic injustice, this book makes two main
contributions: it develops a systematic account of epistemic power and
agency that highlights the interaction between individual and
structural factors, and it offers a pluralist account of epistemic
injustice and agency that reveals their non-propositional and
non-verbal dimensions.
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Situating Epistemic Power and Agency
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ISBN
9780197776346
Publisert
2025
Utgave
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Vendor
Oxford University Press
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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