Linda Martin Alcoff Quotes
Linda Martin Alcoff is a Panamanian-American philosopher, professor at the City University of New York, and a leading voice in feminist epistemology, philosophy of race, and Latina philosophy. Visible Identities defended a positive account of social identities such as race and gender against both essentialist and eliminativist readings, arguing that identities are real, embodied, and politically consequential without being metaphysically fixed. The quotes below are attributed to Linda Martin Alcoff, organized by topic.
Linda Martin Alcoff on Justice
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Attributed to Linda Martin Alcoff:
“To listen across difference is the first work of justice.”
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Attributed to Linda Martin Alcoff:
“The problem of voice is the problem of who is granted the standing to be heard.”
Linda Martin Alcoff on Knowledge
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Attributed to Linda Martin Alcoff:
“Epistemology cannot be separated from the social location of the knower.”
Linda Martin Alcoff on Mind
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Attributed to Linda Martin Alcoff:
“Identities are real without being fixed.”
Linda Martin Alcoff on Politics
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Attributed to Linda Martin Alcoff:
“Race is a horizon, not an essence.”