Epistemic Resistance, Radical Politics, Positionality: How Social Movements Inform Philosophy

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Epistemic Resistance, Radical Politics, Positionality

How Social Movements Inform Philosophy

Edited by: Yorgos Karagiannopoulos , Vasiliki Polykarpou and Alexios Stamatiadis-Bréhier

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2025

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What can philosophy learn from social movements? In this volume, authors from various philosophical paradigms and disciplines (sociology, history) highlight the unique theoretical and political importance of social movements, bridging the abstract realm of philosophy with the concrete realm of social reality. Among the movements explored are the Climate Justice movement, the Disabled People’s Movement, and the Chinese anti-lockdown protests.

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Yorgos Karagiannopoulos, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Vasiliki Polykarpou, Panteion University, Athens, Greece; Alexios Stamatiadis-Brehier, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, and Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Introduction: From Social Movements to Philosophy (and Back Again) Alexios Stamatiadis-Bréhier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Section 1: At the Intersection Between Academia and Social Movements
Critical Social Ontology and Social Movements Kevin Richardson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	13
Social Movements and Epistemic Injustice Linda Martín Alcoff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	35
Feminist Research as a Response to Political and Epistemic Violences Vasiliki Polykarpou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	45
Section 2: Contemporary Approaches to the Philosophy of Social Movements
Social Ontology and Social Movements
Toward a Liberatory Metaphysics of Sexuality Katrina Haaksma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	59
The Political Ontology of Rawls’ Model of Disobedience: Depoliticization Through Moralization Ervin Kondakciu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	77
Social Movements and Epistemology
How Social Movements Bear Collective Duties Sena Bölek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	103
How Politics Shapes the Value of Perceptual Experience: From Epistemic to Prudential Value James Gulledge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	121
The Standpoint of the Oppressed Must Be Conquered by the Oppressed Class Itself: Standpoint Epistemology and Epistemic Autonomy Yorgos Karagiannopoulos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	143
Section 3: How Specific Social Movements Inform Philosophy
Climate Social Movements and the Politics of Leadership Lukas Slothuus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	169
Viral Social Movements, State(s) of Emergency, and the Insurgent Public Realm: A Philosophical Analysis of China’s 2020 – 2022 Social Movements Loki Chan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	187
Anchoring Disablement: Social Definitions and Social Ontology in Britain’s Disabled People’s Movement Luke Beesley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	207
European Health Social Movements: An Introduction Stella Christou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	229
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	251
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	253

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eBook published on:

May 6, 2025

eBook ISBN:

9783111193748

Hardcover published on:

May 6, 2025

Hardcover ISBN:

9783111193564

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Front matter:

6

Main content:

261

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111193748

eBook ISBN: 9783111193748

Hardcover ISBN: 9783111193564

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disability; injustice; intersectionality; social movements

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Philosophers of social ontology, sociologists, historians, political philosophers, libraries, institutes

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Epistemic Resistance, Radical Politics, Positionality

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