The Islamic Veil and Justice

2018 ◽  
pp. 151-176
Keyword(s):  
Islamic Veil

scholarly journals Los avatares del velo islámico en el proyecto republicano francés

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Mara Viveros Vigoya
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
International Context ◽  
False Dilemma ◽  
Islamic Veil ◽  
The Cold War

Resumen: Partiendo de una cronología del debatesobre el mal llamado «velo islámico» en Francia, sereconoce el contexto internacional en el cual, al terminarla guerra fría, aparece un nuevo enemigo: el musulmán.Se plantean las diversas posiciones desde las cuales sereinterpretan los ideales de la libertad y la igualdadaplicadas al género y a la sexualidad, a la vez que seexpone el falso dilema creado al oponer la luchaantisexista a la lucha antirracista. Desde losplanteamientos de Christine Delphy, se reconoce lanecesidad de redefinir los complejos nexos entrefeminismo y antirracismo. Se concluye con una reflexiónsobre la necesidad de entender la inmensa variabilidaddel uso del «velo islámico» por parte de las mujeres.Palabras clave: «velo islámico», género, sexismo,antirracismo, feminismo.Abstract: On the basis of a chronology of the debateabout the so-called «Islamic veil» in France, recognitionis made of the international context in which a new enemyappears after the end of the cold war: Muslims. Severalpositions are posed from which the ideals of liberty andequality are reinterpreted as they apply to gender andsexuality, while revealing a false dilemma created inopposing the struggle against sexism to the antiracistone. Based on the positions put forward by ChristineDelphy, recognition is made of the need to redefine thecomplex intersections between feminism and antiracism.The conclusion includes a reflection on the need tounderstand the immense variability of women’s use ofthe «Islamic veil.»Keywords: «Islamic veil,» gender, sexism, antiracism,feminism.

31. Human rights

2019 ◽  
pp. 498-513
Author(s):  
Ratna Kapur
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Racial Differences ◽  
Human Subject ◽  
First Century ◽  
Liberal Internationalism ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Islamic Veil

This chapter looks at human rights, analysing the structure and politics of human rights in the twenty-first century. In particular, the chapter examines the influence of liberal internationalism on human rights and how this is shaped by the legacies of colonialism, slavery, apartheid, and engagements with sexual, religious, and racial differences. The chapter encourages questions about whether rights are universal instruments of emancipation, or whether the rights are more complex, contradictory, and contingent in their functioning. The chapter also sets out the dominant understandings of human rights as progressive, universal, and based on a common human subject. Human rights advocates sometimes differ on the strategies to be adopted to address violations; these can have material, normative, and structural consequences that are not always empowering. These competing positions are illustrated through two case studies: one on the Islamic veil bans in Europe and the second on LGBT human rights interventions.

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