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‘To Possess the Power to Speak’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2021

Linda Martín Alcoff
Linda Martín Alcoff*
Affiliation:
Hunter College City University of New York
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lmartina@hunter.cuny.edu
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Abstract

I argue here that first person speech on sexual violence remains an important dimension of the movement for social change in regard to sexual violence, and that the public speech of survivors faces at least three groups of obstacles: 1) the problem of epistemic injustice, that is, injustice in the sphere of knowledge 2) the problem of language and power, and 3) the problem of dominant discourses. I explain and develop these points and end with a final argument concerning the critical importance of speaking publicly on these areas of human experience.

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Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements , Volume 89: How Do We Know? The Social Dimension of Knowledge , May 2021 , pp. 51 - 64
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy and the contributors 2021

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