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Chapter 2 - Thriving within Ourselves: Epistemic Injustice and Individual Wellness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2024

By
Laura Smith ,
Lisa A. Goodman ,
Tyner Gordon  and
Helen P. Hailes
Edited by
Isaac Prilleltensky ,
Salvatore Di Martino ,
Michael Scarpa  and
Ottar Ness
Isaac Prilleltensky
Affiliation:
University of Miami
Salvatore Di Martino
Affiliation:
University of Bradford
Michael Scarpa
Affiliation:
University of Miami
Ottar Ness
Affiliation:
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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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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epistemic injusticeepistemologyparticipationexclusioninclusion#MeTooracismmarginalization
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How People Thrive
Promoting the Synergy of Wellness, Fairness, and Worthiness
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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