Ways of (not) seeing: (in)visibility, equality, and the politics of recognition
Ways of (not) seeing: (in)visibility, equality, and the politics of recognition
This article explores the theorization of (in)visibility in Honneth, Ranciere, Cavell and Tully. It situates the work of Honneth and Ranciere against the background of Wittgenstein’s account of continuous aspect perception and aspect-change in order to draw out their accounts of invisibility and the aesthetic character of transitions to visibility. In order to develop a critical standpoint on these theoretical positions, it turns to Cavell’s concept of soul-blindness and investigates the form of invisibility through the example of racism as addressed by Gaita, Fanon and Memmi. This analysis provides the basis for a critical evaluation of the strengths and limitations of Ranciere’s and Honneth’s approaches, and leads to the proposal that Tully’s public philosophy provides a more adequate way of addressing the issues of struggle and uptake that are central to the transition from invisibility to visibility.
Owen, David
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Owen, David
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Owen, David
(2023)
Ways of (not) seeing: (in)visibility, equality, and the politics of recognition.
Critical Horizons.
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Abstract
This article explores the theorization of (in)visibility in Honneth, Ranciere, Cavell and Tully. It situates the work of Honneth and Ranciere against the background of Wittgenstein’s account of continuous aspect perception and aspect-change in order to draw out their accounts of invisibility and the aesthetic character of transitions to visibility. In order to develop a critical standpoint on these theoretical positions, it turns to Cavell’s concept of soul-blindness and investigates the form of invisibility through the example of racism as addressed by Gaita, Fanon and Memmi. This analysis provides the basis for a critical evaluation of the strengths and limitations of Ranciere’s and Honneth’s approaches, and leads to the proposal that Tully’s public philosophy provides a more adequate way of addressing the issues of struggle and uptake that are central to the transition from invisibility to visibility.
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ISSN: 1440-9917
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