Epistemic injustice and epistemic activism in feminist social protests

Authors

  • José Medina Northwestern University, United States

Keywords:

epistemic injustice, epistemic activism, feminist social protest

Abstract

In this essay I will expand recent discussions of epistemic injustice through the insights of feminist philosophers who have written on sexual violence and feminist protests, especially Linda Martin Alcoff in her ground-breaking monograph Rape and Resistance (2018). The focus of my contribution will be the analysis of what I call the epistemic activism of feminist movements, that is, activist practices that exert epistemic friction against heterosexist and patriarchal sensibilities that are complicit with the social invisibility of sexual violence against women and with the silencing or discrediting of feminist protests against sexual violence.

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Published

2021-12-23

How to Cite

Medina, J. (2021). Epistemic injustice and epistemic activism in feminist social protests. Revista Latinoamericana De Filosofía Política, 10(1), 227–250. Retrieved from https://rlfp.org.ar/revista/index.php/RLFP/article/view/127

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2021): 2021 (enero-diciembre)

Section

Special Issue - Latin American Feminist Politics of Knowledge

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