Teoría y práctica de las fraternidades epistémicas

Abstract

Standpoint Theory claims that oppressed groups have a sort of epistemic advantage to understand the social relationships in which they are immersed. Lukács’ theory was revisited by the feminism of identity. By contrast, Miranda Fricker’s thesis of hermeneutic injustice maintains that people who suffer oppression lack the common hermeneutical resources to understand their social position. This paper poses the question of whether it is possible to overcome this tension through the so-called praxis. I propose the hypothesis that certain groupings, such as “epistemic fraternities”, operate as educational agents able to generate common hermeneutical resources.