Hermeneutic Justice as Linguistic Activism
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This paper proposes to reconceptualize hermeneutic justice from the perspective of linguistic activism, engaging critically with Miranda Fricker’s proposal to create more inclusive communicative spaces and cultivate virtuous listening. It argues that linguistic activism, understood as the work of social movements to transform concepts and narratives, allows marginalized groups to resist communicative impasses and conceptual failures and transform meanings and social practices. Through an analysis of the conceptual and narrative dimensions of linguistic activism, the article argues that hermeneutic justice as linguistic activism is more suitable for understanding the complex possibility of social change than an approach focused on listening as an individual virtue.
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