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Epistemic injustice, conflict of narratives, and social change

In: Memory, Trauma and Narratives of the Self

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  • Gonçalo Marcelo

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This chapter explores the relation between the reality of injustice and the possibility of resistance through the symbolic mediation of narratives presented in the public sphere. The chapter refers to two levels of analysis: a subjective level pertaining to the experience of injustice, and the objective, structural component rooted in the practices and institutions of societies. It stresses that resisting injustice through narrative is a difficult process. The chapter is divided into two sections. In the first, it succinctly lays out the theoretical claims concerning the intersubjective constitution of subjectivity and the way in which the symbolic, narrative element is constitutive for the formation of personal and collective identities. The second section discusses the epistemic dimension of injustice and ways of tackling it narratively. Then, before a brief conclusion, the chapter explores the possibilities of social change through these narrative processes, analyzing the difficulties they might face.

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  • Gonçalo Marcelo, 2024. "Epistemic injustice, conflict of narratives, and social change," Chapters, in: Edmundo Balsemão Pires & Cláudio A.S. Carvalho & Joana Ricarte (ed.), Memory, Trauma and Narratives of the Self, chapter 8, pages 169-185, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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