Iris Murdoch in South Africa
Attention and racial privilege
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9256549 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samantha Vice (0000-0002-4785-0921, University of the Witwatersrand, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 83-102 |
| Publication date | 2026-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Social Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6764 • E-ISSN: 1470-1162 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00346764.2025.2485078 |
| OpenAlex | W4413284333 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 33 |
The view that racially privileged people need to undertake self-directed inner work as one aspect of recognizing injustice has been criticized as morally and politically ineffectual. I explore and respond to these criticisms, from the context of South Africa, by drawing on Iris Murdoch and recent philosophical work on attention. Work on the self is a crucial component of responding properly to systemic injustice and one's position within it, and this includes paying attention to the self and to the world a person is trying to respond to in morally virtuous ways
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |