Abstract
Genocide denialism is an understudied topic in the epistemic injustice scholarship; so are epistemic relations outside of the Euro-American context. This article proposes to bring the literature into contact with an underexplored topic in a ‘distant’ setting: Turkey. Here, I explore the ethical and epistemological implications of the Turkish denial of the Armenian genocide as a pervasive and systematic epistemic harm. Using an interdisciplinary methodology, I argue that a philosophical exploration of genocide denialism requires examining the role of institutions and ideology in relation to the epistemic harm done by individual perpetrators. More specifically, I suggest that the individual, ideological, and institutional roots of genocide denialism constitute a regime of epistemic injustice in Turkey.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 120-132 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Social Epistemology |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- Armenian genocide
- Genocide denial
- epistemic injustice
- ideology
- testimonial injustice
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Philosophy
- General Social Sciences