Book contents
- How People Thrive
- The Progressive Psychology Book Series
- How People Thrive
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Thriving as the Synergy of Wellness, Fairness, and Worthiness
- Chapter 2 Thriving within Ourselves: Epistemic Injustice and Individual Wellness
- Chapter 3 Thriving Families and Friendships
- Chapter 4 Thriving in Context: Wellness, Fairness, and Worthiness in Diverse Groups
- Chapter 5 Thriving Schools: Creating Equitable Thriving within Schools
- Chapter 6 Thriving Workplaces: Wellness, Fairness, and Worthiness at Work
- Chapter 7 Thriving Communities
- Chapter 8 Thriving Societies
- Chapter 9 Thriving World
- Index
- References
Chapter 2 - Thriving within Ourselves: Epistemic Injustice and Individual Wellness
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 November 2024
- How People Thrive
- The Progressive Psychology Book Series
- How People Thrive
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Thriving as the Synergy of Wellness, Fairness, and Worthiness
- Chapter 2 Thriving within Ourselves: Epistemic Injustice and Individual Wellness
- Chapter 3 Thriving Families and Friendships
- Chapter 4 Thriving in Context: Wellness, Fairness, and Worthiness in Diverse Groups
- Chapter 5 Thriving Schools: Creating Equitable Thriving within Schools
- Chapter 6 Thriving Workplaces: Wellness, Fairness, and Worthiness at Work
- Chapter 7 Thriving Communities
- Chapter 8 Thriving Societies
- Chapter 9 Thriving World
- Index
- References
Summary
In this chapter, we discuss the relationship of individual personal thriving to fairness and worthiness by exploring the concept of epistemic injustice. Epistemic injustice refers to the rejection of people’s capacity as knowers, such that these individuals are treated as being less knowledgeable and less believable than other people, frequently on the basis of their social identities. In the first half of the chapter, we will explain how epistemic injustices take place and how they interrupt human thriving. In the second half of the chapter, we will profile the ways that psychologists and others can work to prevent epistemic injustice.
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- How People ThrivePromoting the Synergy of Wellness, Fairness, and Worthiness, pp. 37 - 64Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024