Hermeneutical injustice and polyphonic contextualism: Social silences and shared hermeneutical responsibilities

Social Epistemology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-220

  Medina Dr , José ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextualism; Hermeneutical Injustice; Intelligibility; Nascent Meanings; Race Theory; Relationality; Responsibility; Silence; Speech Act Theory; White Ignorance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860212581     PISSN: 02691728     EISSN: 14645297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02691728.2011.652214     Document Type: Article

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