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The Future of Double Consciousness: Epistemic Virtue, Identity, and Structural Anti-BlacknessErgo: An Open Access Journal of Philosophy. forthcoming.This paper considers two conceptual expansions of Du Boisian double consciousness—white double consciousness (Alcoff 2015) and kaleidoscopic consciousness (Medina 2013)—both of which aim to articulate the moral-epistemic potential of cultivating double consciousness from racially dominant or other socially privileged positions. We analyze these concepts and challenge them on the grounds that they lack continuity with their Du Boisian predecessor and face problems of practical feasibility. As we …Read more
Breno R. G. Santos
Federal University of Mato Grosso
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Federal University of Mato GrossoProfessor
Cuiabá, MT, Brazil
Areas of Specialization
Epistemology |
Social Epistemology |