Open AccessWeaponized testimonial injustice
Author(s) -
Manuel Almagro,
Javier Osorio,
Neftalí Villanueva Fernández
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
las torres de lucca
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2255-3827
DOI - 10.5209/ltdl.76461
Subject(s) - testimonial , injustice , nothing , disadvantaged , politics , political science , sociology , scope (computer science) , law and economics , public relations , epistemology , business , computer science , law , marketing , philosophy , programming language
Theoretical tools aimed at making explicit the injustices suffered by certain socially disadvantaged groups might end up serving purposes which were not foreseen when the tools were first introduced. Nothing is inherently wrong with a shift in the scope of a theoretical tool: the popularization of a concept opens up the possibility of its use for several strategic purposes. The thesis that we defend in this paper is that some public figures cultivate a public persona for whom the conditions of the notion of testimonial injustice might be taken to apply, and this situation is exploited to their advantage, as a means to advance their political agendas. More specifically, they take advantage of this to generate situations of crossed disagreements, which in turn foster polarization.