Seeing Past the Liberal Legal Subject Cultural defence, agency and women

The idea of liberal subjectivity prevalent in Western legal traditions assumes a highly autonomous and context-free agent. This assumption of categorical individual agency, I argue, is also in the background of debates on female vulnerability/autonomy relating to multiculturalism, feminism and more...

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Main Author: Taina Cooke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Suomen Antropologinen Seura (Finnish Anthropological Society) 2019-02-01
Series:Suomen Antropologi
Online Access:https://journal.fi/suomenantropologi/issue/view/4879