Incel Epistemology: On Marginality, Experience and Legitimization of Knowledge

This article contributes to the growing corpus of knowledge concerning the incel movement by scrutinizing how claims of marginalization are mobilized in online incel communities to present incels as privileged subjects of knowledge. The study elucidates how incel marginalization is wielded as a legi...

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Vydáno v:	Young (Stockholm, Sweden) Ročník 33; číslo 5; s. 459 - 475
Hlavní autor:	Johansson, Wilén Evelina
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	New Delhi, India SAGE Publications 01.11.2025 Sage Publications Ltd
Témata:	Affinity Consciousness-raising Epistemology Experience Feminism feminist standpoint theory Feminist theory Gender Studies Genusvetenskap Hegemony incels Knowledge Legitimacy Marginality Mobilization movements and counter-movements privileged knowledge Social exclusion Social movement theory Social movements Social privilege Tactics vulnerability movements and counter-movements Consciousness-raising feminist standpoint theory marginality incels feminism privileged knowledge vulnerability experience
ISSN:	1103-3088, 1741-3222, 1741-3222
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Shrnutí:	This article contributes to the growing corpus of knowledge concerning the incel movement by scrutinizing how claims of marginalization are mobilized in online incel communities to present incels as privileged subjects of knowledge. The study elucidates how incel marginalization is wielded as a legitimizing experience, conferring epistemic privilege upon self-identifying incels by distinguishing between an ‘us’ of marginalized and enlightened incels, and a ‘them’ consisting of duped and privileged ‘others’. It also examines the role of partaking in incel discussions and incel ideology to achieve an incel standpoint, where lived experience is transformed into counter-hegemonic knowledge. Inspired by social movement theory, the article points to similarities between the incel movement’s political mobilization of marginalized experience and feminist standpoint theory and feminist practices in consciousness-raising groups. It argues that this affinity can be understood from the perspective of the dynamic between movements and counter-movements and their tendency to mimic and copy each other’s tactics.
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ISSN:	1103-3088 1741-3222 1741-3222
DOI:	10.1177/11033088241295873