Assumptions on Gender Equality in the Narrative of Secularism
Secularism, which is central to the Enlightenment narrative, promises liberation, freedom, emancipation, and progress to humanity. At the same time, the narrative of secularism poses religion as its antithesis, which brings dogmatism, fundamentalism, and violence. In this project, I read secularism...
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Mustafa Süleyman ÖZCAN
2019-03-01
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| description | Secularism, which is central to the Enlightenment narrative,
promises liberation, freedom, emancipation, and progress to humanity. At the
same time, the narrative of secularism poses religion as its antithesis, which brings dogmatism,
fundamentalism, and violence. In this
project, I read secularism closely in various contexts from a gender and
sexuality perspective and question the assumption that secularism always
provides a progress for gender equality, whereas religion always produces
inequality and oppression. To open up new ways of understanding secularism and
gender, I firstly question the so-called universality of secularism by addressing
the European origin of secularism and the concept of religion. Then, I address
the diversity of secular and religious experiences which reconstruct each other
in various contexts. Finally, I argue that the embodiment of secular or
religious in terms of gender, sexuality and
family is an important matter for the understanding of the division between religious
and secular. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-254035615fbb4b479f3c26195f0b02aa2023-11-14T09:42:07ZdeuMustafa Süleyman ÖZCANİtobiad2147-11852019-03-018143144610.15869/itobiad.4922852197Assumptions on Gender Equality in the Narrative of SecularismHesna Serra Aksel0Hitit UniversitySecularism, which is central to the Enlightenment narrative, promises liberation, freedom, emancipation, and progress to humanity. At the same time, the narrative of secularism poses religion as its antithesis, which brings dogmatism, fundamentalism, and violence. In this project, I read secularism closely in various contexts from a gender and sexuality perspective and question the assumption that secularism always provides a progress for gender equality, whereas religion always produces inequality and oppression. To open up new ways of understanding secularism and gender, I firstly question the so-called universality of secularism by addressing the European origin of secularism and the concept of religion. Then, I address the diversity of secular and religious experiences which reconstruct each other in various contexts. Finally, I argue that the embodiment of secular or religious in terms of gender, sexuality and family is an important matter for the understanding of the division between religious and secular.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/672686sekülerizmdinmodernitecinsiyetevrensellikmodernitysecularismreligiongenderuniversalism |
| spellingShingle | Hesna Serra Aksel Assumptions on Gender Equality in the Narrative of Secularism İtobiad sekülerizm din modernite cinsiyet evrensellik modernity secularism religion gender universalism |
| title | Assumptions on Gender Equality in the Narrative of Secularism |
| title_full | Assumptions on Gender Equality in the Narrative of Secularism |
| title_fullStr | Assumptions on Gender Equality in the Narrative of Secularism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assumptions on Gender Equality in the Narrative of Secularism |
| title_short | Assumptions on Gender Equality in the Narrative of Secularism |
| title_sort | assumptions on gender equality in the narrative of secularism |
| topic | sekülerizm din modernite cinsiyet evrensellik modernity secularism religion gender universalism |
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