The problem of the feminist political subject: considerations from a decolonial perspective

This paper analyses the problem of determining who constitutes the feminist political subject, since the contemporary feminist theory inquires the existence of “woman” as a category and interprets it in different ways. First, I briefly introduce the critiques to essentialism by influential authors f...

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Autor: Missaggia, Juliana Oliveira
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Trans/Form/Ação (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www2.marilia.unesp.br:article/10888
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/transformacao/article/view/10888
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Feminist Philosophy
Decolonial Feminism
Essentialism
Political Subject
Filosofia feminista
Feminismo descolonial
Essencialismo
Sujeito político
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Sumario:This paper analyses the problem of determining who constitutes the feminist political subject, since the contemporary feminist theory inquires the existence of “woman” as a category and interprets it in different ways. First, I briefly introduce the critiques to essentialism by influential authors from the Global North, then I investigate the arguments from thinkers who advocate a decolonial point of view. I sustain that we must take the decolonial perspective into consideration, which is crucial to find categories of analysis appropriate to the feminist movement in the context of the Global South, in order to respect its historical and socio-political particularities.