Towards a liberatory epistemology / Deborah K. Heikes.
2019
BD161 .H45 2019
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Title
Towards a liberatory epistemology / Deborah K. Heikes.
Author
Heikes, Deborah K., author.
ISBN
9783030164850 (electronic book)
3030164853 (electronic book)
9783030164843
3030164845
3030164853 (electronic book)
9783030164843
3030164845
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
Language
English
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BD161 .H45 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification
121
Summary
This book offers a compelling examination of our moral and epistemic obligations to be reasonable people who seek to understand the social reality of those who are different from us. Considering the oppressive aspects of socially constructed ignorance, Heikes argues that ignorance produces both injustice and epistemic repression, before going on to explore how our moral and epistemic obligations to be understanding and reasonable can overcome the negative effects of ignorance. Through the combination of three separate areas of philosophical interest- ignorance, understanding, and reasonableness - Heikes seeks to find a way to correct for epistemological and moral injustices, satisfying needs in feminist theory and critical race theory for an epistemology that offers hope of overcoming the ethical problem of oppression.
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 19, 2019).
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Palgrave innovations in philosophy.
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Table of Contents
Moral awakenings
The power of ignorance
Toward a genuine understanding
Reasonable grounds
Postscript: can we have a liberatory epistemology?
The power of ignorance
Toward a genuine understanding
Reasonable grounds
Postscript: can we have a liberatory epistemology?