TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hänel, Hilkje Charlotte
A1  - Müller, Johanna
T1  - Non-Ideal philosophy as methodology
T2  - Theoria : a journal of social and political theory
N2  - This  article  argues  that  non-ideal  theory  is  distinctive  in  its  use  of  a  certain  methodology  which  is  prior  to  specific  topics  (such  as  injustice,  oppression,  etc.),  grounded  in  the  idea  of  socially  situ-ated knowledge, and able to address ideological situatedness. Drawing on standpoint epistemology, we show that one’s social position within given power structures has implications for knowledge acquisition and that being in a vulnerable or marginalised position can be advantageous to  knowledge  acquisition.  Following  ideology  critique,  we  argue  that  both  marginalised  and  powerful  social  positions  are  embedded  within  a  given  ideology.  As  ideology  is  more  than  a  mere  set  of  attitudes  or  beliefs  that  social  agents  endorse  or  resist,  situated  agents  and  theo-rists cannot develop normative criteria that are not themselves situated. Hence, non-ideal theory has to be equipped with methods that are likely to make this situatedness visible. We close by presenting some diverse methods that already do so.
KW  - critical theory
KW  - feminist standpoint theory
KW  - ideology cri-tique
KW  - non-ideal theory
KW  - social epistemology
KW  - standpoint epistemology
Y1  - 2022
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/55785
SN  - 1558-5816
SN  - 0040-5817
VL  - 69
IS  - 3
SP  - 32
EP  - 59
PB  - Berghahn
CY  - Oxford
ER  -