Towards a Liberatory Epistemology

by Deborah K. Heikes

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030164845
• ISBN13: 9783030164843
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"