Secularity, gender, and emancipation: thinking through feminist activism and feminist approaches to the secular
In this article, I engage with feminist discussions about secularity, gender, and emancipation. The feminist study of the secular was spurred by interventions of Saba Mahmood [2005. The Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject. Princeton: Princeton University Press], and can b...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
2019
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In: |
Religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 49, Issue: 4, Pages: 691-716 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mahmood, Saba 1962-2018, Politics of piety
/ Secularism
/ Gender-specific role
/ Feminism
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RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy |
Further subjects: | B
the secular
B feminist activism B Religion B Emancipation B Gender B Western Europe |
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Summary: | In this article, I engage with feminist discussions about secularity, gender, and emancipation. The feminist study of the secular was spurred by interventions of Saba Mahmood [2005. The Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject. Princeton: Princeton University Press], and can be seen as a critical engagement with at least one basic assumption that underlies much of progressive thinking - that secularism is beneficial for women and LGBTQ subjects. I begin by exploring how the Belgian feminist activist platform Baas Over Eigen Hoofd! (Boss Over One's Own Head!) builds a locally suited theory and practice of emancipation. I analyse how BOEH! raises questions about gender and secularity. Second, I zoom-out by mapping feminist studies of the secular in Western European contexts, distinguishing various analytical approaches and visions on social-political secular emancipatory alternatives. To conclude, I relate local feminist activism to feminist academic discussions, and argue that there is a continued need for thinking about shared emancipatory futures. |
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ISSN: | 1096-1151 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2019.1642261 |