| Author(s) | Elena Flores Ruíz |
| Journal | Hypatia |
| Thematic Cluster/Special Issue | Interstices: Inheriting Women of Color Feminist Philosophy |
| Abstract | This paper explores issues of exclusion and marginalization faced by women philosophers of color in mainstream Anglo-American philosophy. It argues that the dominant practices and assumptions of the field function to police its borders and reproduce a privileged “home perspective” that delegitimizes diverse voices and experiences. Through tactics of “somnambulatory policing” and “professional gaslighting,” many women philosophers of color are made to feel their perspectives, insights, and experiences are abnormal or lacking philosophical rigor. The paper calls for “recuperative narratives” and practices of “self-validation” that emphasize philosophy as a pluralistic, contextual, and experientially grounded practice aimed at fostering more socially just and livable realities, rather than an abstract, elite discourse removed from embodied life. Cultivating a “hybridly multiplicitous” sense of self and philosophical commitment is presented as a crucial tactic for navigating and transforming exclusionary disciplinary norms. This content was generated by artificial intelligence using the text of the original work. |
| Keywords | feminist philosophy, philosophy of race, exclusion, marginalization, women philosophers of color, recuperative narratives This content was generated by artificial intelligence using the text of the original work. |
| Date Published | Winter 2014 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 196-204 |
| URL | https://www.jstor.org/stable/24541962 |
| Google Scholar Link | https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=2002682746828300431&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5 |
| Open Access? | No |
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