Surely epistemic injustice wasn't just invented in 2007! Whilst Fricker's work has helped focus discussions of epistemic injustice, we can trace a term on the subject back to 1697: bad custom (see Samantha Forbes, 2019, 2020).
Justification
The social structures that frame human interaction have often been ignored in analyses of human life. An important development for our better understanding of the social world was Fricker's identification of testimonial and hermeneutical injustice. The broader idea of epistemic injustice was already a concern for Astell, who, in 1697, analysed the technical term "custom" (1697). It is important to note that Astell did not use the term "bad custom" (Samantha Forbes, 2019: 779), but the distinction between a good and bad custom is an important one that she provides (ibid., referencing Detlefsen, 2016: 78)).
Unformed Thoughts
"Custom as the Philoso∣pher
well observed is no small
matter: It is the most difficult
thing imaginable to recall our
Thoughts and withdraw the
Stream of our Affections from
that Channel in which they were
used to flow" (Astell, 1695: 231-214; cited by Samantha Forbes, 2019: 799).
Title
Mary Astell on "custom"
Elevator Pitch
Surely epistemic injustice wasn't just invented in 2007! Whilst Fricker's work has helped focus discussions of epistemic injustice, we can trace a term on the subject back to 1697: bad custom (see Samantha Forbes, 2019, 2020).
Justification
The social structures that frame human interaction have often been ignored in analyses of human life. An important development for our better understanding of the social world was Fricker's identification of testimonial and hermeneutical injustice. The broader idea of epistemic injustice was already a concern for Astell, who, in 1697, analysed the technical term "custom" (1697). It is important to note that Astell did not use the term "bad custom" (Samantha Forbes, 2019: 779), but the distinction between a good and bad custom is an important one that she provides (ibid., referencing Detlefsen, 2016: 78)).
Unformed Thoughts