| Author(s) | Lorraine Code |
| Journal | Australian Feminist Studies |
| Thematic Cluster/Special Issue | Gendered Excellence in the Social Sciences |
| Abstract | Since the early 1980s, feminist epistemology has developed into a vibrant area of inquiry which challenges many of the taken-for-granted assumptions of traditional, mainstream theories of knowledge to work towards developing theories and practices that close a persistent gap between theories of knowledge and knowledge that matters to people in real situations. Here I will examine some of the more startling recent developments in feminist epistemology, where—perhaps improbably—epistemologies of ignorance and questions about epistemic injustice have made significant contributions to feminist knowledge projects. Together and separately, they expose the extent to which knowing is a political activity, while maintaining that it can avow its political involvement without dissolving into facile assertions that ‘might is right’. |
| Keywords | Feminist epistemology; traditional theories of knowledge; Epistemologies of ignorance; Epistemic injustice; politics of knowledge This content was generated by artificial intelligence using the text of the original work. |
| Date Published | July 18, 2014 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 80 |
| Pages | 148-160 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/08164649.2014.928186 |
| URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08164649.2014.928186 |
| Open Access? | No |
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