Essays about: "testimonial"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word testimonial.

  1. 1. Aesthetic injustice

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Author : Jessica Rodarte; [2023]
    Keywords : Aesthetic injustice; potential aesthetic agents; testimonial aesthetic injustice; hermeneutical aesthetic injustice; aesthetic dysfunction.;

    Abstract :   I argue that talking about aesthetic injustice implies reflection about some failures on the exercise of aesthetic judgment due to mechanisms of oppression, which have a negative impact on the development of potential aesthetic agents.  I claim that mechanisms of oppression like aesthetic identity prejudice, oppression or lack of recognition of sensitivities, and aesthetic dysfunctionality in sites of enunciation continue undermining the degree of validation of potential aesthetic agents - who mostly belong to historical oppressed groups like women, black people, indigenous, native Americans, among others. READ MORE

  3. 2. “Metoo is a terror organization..” A Critical Study of how Testimonial Injustice Operates in Danish Facebook Discourses

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Simone Melbye Larsen; [2022]
    Keywords : Denmark; Facebook discourse; sexism; ideology; #MeToo; credibility; testimonial injustice; feminism; the nature of women.; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine online sexism as a phenomenon on Danish news media platforms on Facebook. Research have shown a transgression of gendered violence online that is often produced on social media. Studies concerning Danish discourses and sexism is approached to give an understanding of the extent of online sexism. READ MORE

  4. 3. Testimonial Credibility Excess (and Deficit), from the perspective of a Character-Based Approach

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för teoretisk filosofi

    Author : Michael Ulvmar; [2022]
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    Abstract : Abstract In this philosophical essay Fricker’s stipulation that the primary characterization of testimonial injustice is a matter of credibility deficit and not credibility excess, will be called into question from the perspective of a view I have named the character- based approach (CBA). In the debate I will draw heavily on Medina´s proportional view of epistemic injustice. READ MORE

  5. 4. Animal Farm, Truth and The Power of Language : Teaching Literature, Logic and Epistemology Together

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Anton Olsson; [2022]
    Keywords : philosophy; EFL; upper secondary school; logical reasoning; critical thinking; George Orwell; Animal Farm; testimonial knowledge; objective and historical truth; fallacies; epistemology; literary themes; the power of language;

    Abstract : Language can create realities, and the totalitarian pigs in George Orwell’s Animal Farm tend to use language in order to control the oppressed animals’ minds and world view. Orwell’s dystopian fable Animal Farm repeatedly deals with manipulative language, and so an analysis of the animal characters’ language may help upper secondary students to understand themes such as the power of language and truth. READ MORE

  6. 5. Trauma, Travel, Truth : An analysis of the New Age female’s self-expression of trauma in Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Lärarutbildningen

    Author : Nicole Wheeler; [2019]
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    Abstract : This essay explores female self-expression of trauma in Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love. By using affect theory by Lauren Berlant and Kathryn Robson, it explores how female self-expression of trauma in New age autobiographies is culturally influenceable and ultimately consist of specific testimonial rhetoric. READ MORE