Willful Hermeneutical Ignorance and the 'Critical Race Theory' Controversy
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| Title: | Willful Hermeneutical Ignorance and the 'Critical Race Theory' Controversy |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Applebaum, Barbara |
| Source: | Educational Theory. Dec 2022 72(6):689-702. |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 14 |
| Publication Date: | 2022 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Hermeneutics, Critical Race Theory, Teaching Methods, Political Attitudes, Disadvantaged, Social Justice, Communications, Controversial Issues (Course Content) |
| DOI: | 10.1111/edth.12553 |
| ISSN: | 0013-2004 1741-5446 |
| Abstract: | In this article, Barbara Applebaum examines "the inability to disagree claim" as it arises in objections made by those who want to ban "critical race theory" from being taught in schools and universities. Employing insights from the recent scholarship around willful hermeneutical ignorance, she discerns the important role that marginalized conceptual resources play in conditions of just and constructive dialogue. When such resources are misinterpreted and denied uptake, the resulting harm impedes the epistemic agency of marginally situated knowers. Applebaum claims that many high-profile anti-"critical race theory" arguments put forth by politicians, scholars, and others are a form of willful hermeneutical ignorance, and she concludes by showing how more just communications, in which disagreement is distinguishable from dismissal, can be achieved. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2023 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1368311 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | In this article, Barbara Applebaum examines "the inability to disagree claim" as it arises in objections made by those who want to ban "critical race theory" from being taught in schools and universities. Employing insights from the recent scholarship around willful hermeneutical ignorance, she discerns the important role that marginalized conceptual resources play in conditions of just and constructive dialogue. When such resources are misinterpreted and denied uptake, the resulting harm impedes the epistemic agency of marginally situated knowers. Applebaum claims that many high-profile anti-"critical race theory" arguments put forth by politicians, scholars, and others are a form of willful hermeneutical ignorance, and she concludes by showing how more just communications, in which disagreement is distinguishable from dismissal, can be achieved. |
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| ISSN: | 0013-2004 1741-5446 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/edth.12553 |
