ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book begins with essays that lay out and clarify the central concepts used in the growing field of epistemic injustice. It explores the rich traditions and bodies of literature that have discussed epistemic injustices and offered critical tools to resist them. These are liberatory epistemological frameworks that were developed to denounce and resist the epistemic side of oppression even before the contemporary vocabulary of epistemic injustice was available. The book elucidates the conceptual resources available in some schools of thought and identifies the critical tools available in some subfields of epistemology that can prove particularly fruitful for discussions of epistemic injustice. It considers concepts from psychology, social philosophy, ethics, and political philosophy to elucidate the nature and various dimensions of epistemic injustice. The book examines particular domains, identifying distinct sorts of epistemic injustices that arise within them.
