Radical democratic politics and feminism
In the article I present a reflection around the radical democratic project proposed by Chantal Mouffe and Ernesto Laclau. Specifically, I examine the application of the project in the context of the “new social movements” and especially, of feminist movement. I state the need of drawing attention t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Catalan |
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2006-05-01
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| Series: | Athenea Digital |
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| Online Access: | http://antalya.uab.es/athenea/num9/Martinez.pdf |
| Summary: | In the article I present a reflection around the radical democratic project proposed by Chantal Mouffe and Ernesto Laclau. Specifically, I examine the application of the project in the context of the “new social movements” and especially, of feminist movement. I state the need of drawing attention to universalism and essentialism as the main obstacles to generate a collective proposal without margins. Nevertheless, doubts remind about the possibility of building up a feminism tailored by the radical democratic project, in a stage in which the political action of such a movement is characterized by categories that are closed and crystallized |
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| ISSN: | 1578-8946 1578-8946 |