Stories are as important as they are ubiquitous, depicting everything from the origin of the universe to the driving force behind an isolated act by a single individual. But stories do not just depict what has actually occurred\u2014they can also exert tremendous power over what does or even can occur.\u00a0In this talk, I will focus on one dimension of this, exploring how stories can fuel extremist beliefs and policies about other people. I support this through the introduction of the concept of \u201cmisknowing,\u201d which applies when only a narrow, one-dimensional set of facts are known about a person, often centering on those that are most injurious. I show that misknowing is often fueled by \u201cflat stories\u201d about the person in question, which depict him in static, one-dimensional, and psychologically simplistic terms. When such stories are grounded in injustice, epistemic reparations can require \u201crounder stories,\u201d which portray a person in dynamic, multidimensional, and psychologically complex terms.<\/p>\n
Jennifer Lackey<\/strong> is Wayne and Elizabeth Jones Professor of Philosophy,\u00a0Professor of Law at Northwestern University and\u00a0Director of the Northwestern Prison Education Program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-7392","video","type-video","status-publish"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n