Making a Stand
Standpoint Epistemologies, Political Positions, Proposition 187
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11050342 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Michael (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 1996 |
| Issue | 108 |
| Pages | 93-103 |
| Publication date | 1996-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Telos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-6514 • E-ISSN: 1940-459X |
| Publisher | Telos Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3817/0696108093 |
| OpenAlex | W2322998482 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Standpoint epistemologies fascinate contemporary intellectuals, yet few of them seem to understand their significance or their implications. For example, in the recent over-publicized culture wars, standpoint epistemologies — frequently and mistakenly identified as various forms of philosophical or cultural relativism — have played a prominent role in conservative polemics against multiculturalism and literary theory (the unspecified relation between the two is one of the most peculiar aspects of these attacks). Thus, Dinesh D'Souza — to take the best known example — lumps a variety of “theories” together and criticizes them for attacking the bases of Western thought, the belief that knowledge is “value-free, disinterested, and universal.”
Epistemology · Multiculturalism · Political science · Politics · Proposition · Relation (database · Relativism · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Variety (cybernetics · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |