Abstract

ERANA, Ángeles. Can there be epistemic justice without a common place? (Towards a reconceptualizacion of the public space and social relations). Estud.filos [online]. 2022, n.66, pp.9-31.  Epub Aug 31, 2022. ISSN 0121-3628.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.ef.348998.

In this manuscript, I claim that the search for justice implies a complete reconfiguration of public space and a (radical) transformation of our social relations. I will argue through a negative path, i.e. starting from the comprehension of the experience of injustice. I will focus on the case of epistemic injustice since it illustrates how the unjustified harm it produces is originated in the structure of social relations. To reach my goal, I will attempt to bring into dialogue two different philosophical debates -that which deals with the notion of the public space and that which discusses epistemic injustice -. This will help me show that epistemology has a fundamental and profound political dimension which needs to be addressed to find better avenues to search for and reach (epistemic and otherwise) justice. My main contention is that the possibility of constructing a functional public space depends on recognizing the confrontational character of politics and on not trying to erase the differences that make up society, nor trying to undo them under the idea of a (rational) consensus.

Keywords : public space; epistemic injustice; consensus; exclusion; oppression.

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