scholarly journals Cuerpos en plural: hacia un manifiesto anarca-feminista = Bodies in Plural: Towards an Anarcha-Feminist Manifesto

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 224
Author(s):  
Chiara Bottici ◽  
Gonzalo Bustamante Moya (traductor)
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Feminist Research ◽  
Women's Bodies ◽  
Race And Sexuality ◽  
Philosophical Framework ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Conceptual Resources

 Resumen. Se ha vuelto común decir que la dominación se articula a través de una multi­plicidad de ejes en donde el género, la clase, la raza y la sexualidad se intersectan. Sin embargo, la interseccionalidad rara vez se relaciona con la tradición anarquista que la precede. En el presente artículo, desarrollo lo anterior señalando la utilidad, así como los límites, de la noción de interseccionalidad para entender los mecanismos de dominación y luego argumento en favor de un proyecto anarca-feminista de investigación. En segundo lugar, trataré de presentar el marco filosófico para desarrollar dicho proyecto recurriendo a la ontología spinozista del transindividuo, mostrando que es ahí donde podemos encontrar los recursos conceptuales para pensar la naturaleza plural del cuerpo de las mujeres y, por lo mismo, de su opresión. Esto me permitirá articular la pregunta “¿que significa ser una mujer?” en términos pluralistas y, por lo tanto, defender con ello un anarquismo específicamente feminista. En conclusión, recurro a la tradición anarca-feminista y muestro por qué es la mejor aliada posible para el feminismo en su búsqueda por una teoría crítica de la sociedad.Palabras clave: anarquismo, feminismo, imaginal, interseccionalidad, materialismo, Spinoza.Abstract. It has become a commonplace to state that domination takes place through a multiplicity of axes it, where gender, class, race, and sexuality intersect with one another. How­ever, intersectionality is very rarely linked to the anarchist tradition that preceded it. In this article, I articulate this point by showing the usefulness but also the limits of the notion of in­tersectionality to understand mechanisms of domination and then argue for the need of an anarcha-feminist research program. Secondly, I will try to provide the philosophical framework for such an enterprise by arguing that it is in a Spinozist ontology of the transindividual that we can best find the conceptual resources for thinking about the plural nature of women’s bodies and thus of their oppression. This will allow me to attempt to articulate the question of “what it means to be a woman” in pluralistic terms and thus also to defend a specifically feminist form of anarchism. In conclusion, I will go back to the anarcha-feminist tradition and will show why today it is the best possible ally of feminism in the pursuit of a critical theory of society.Keywords: anarchism, feminism, imaginal, intersectionality, materialism, Spinoza.

Bodies in plural

Thesis Eleven ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 142 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Bottici
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Feminist Research ◽  
Women's Bodies ◽  
Race And Sexuality ◽  
Philosophical Framework ◽  
Conceptual Resources

In the last few years, it has become a commonplace to state that domination takes place through a multiplicity of axes, where gender, class, race, and sexuality intersect with one another. While a lot of insightful empirical work is being done under the heading of intersectionality, it is very rarely linked to the anarchist tradition that preceded it. In this article, I would like to articulate this point by showing the usefulness but also the limits of the notion of intersectionality to understand mechanisms of domination and then move on to argue for the need of an anarcha-feminist research program. Secondly, I will try to provide the philosophical framework for such an enterprise by arguing that it is in a Spinozist ontology of the transindividual that we can best find the conceptual resources for thinking about the plural nature of women’s bodies and thus of their oppression. This will allow me to attempt to articulate the question of ‘what it means to be a woman’ in pluralistic terms and thus also to defend a specifically feminist form of anarchism. In conclusion, I will go back to the anarcha-feminist tradition and will show why today it is the best possible ally of feminism in the pursuit of a critical theory of society.

scholarly journals El 10 De Mayo ”Dí­a De La Madre” En México O De Cómo Imponer Un Modelo De Maternidad

Xihmai ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amor Teresa Gutiérrez Sánchez [1]
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Archival Research ◽  
Women's Bodies ◽  
Mexican History ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Unique Model ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Mother’S Day ◽  
Siglo Xx

Resumen: Con base a la investigación de archivo de Martha Acevedo sobre el 10 de mayo (Dí­a de la Madre) en México y gracias a los aportes teóricos de las historiadoras feministas sobre la maternidad, se reflexiona sobre el festejo a un modelo único de maternidad, cuyos inicios se remontan a la segunda década del Siglo XX en medio de disputas polí­ticas. El análisis crí­tico de este episodio de la historia mexicana permite comprobar cómo el cuerpo de las mujeres y las decisiones sobre su sexualidad continúan siendo mediadas por el embate cultural del ”Dí­a de la Madre” (enero, 2016).Palabras clave: maternidad, feminismo, 10 de mayo, Dí­a de la Madre, Martha Acevedo.Sumary: Based on Martha Acevedo's archival research about 10 de mayo (mother's day) in Mexico and thanks to the theoretical contributions of feminist historians on motherhood, we reflect on the celebration of a unique model of maternity, whose beginnings go back to the second Decade of S. XX in the middle of political disputes. The critical analysis of this episode of Mexican history shows how women's bodies and decisions about their sexuality continue to be mediated by the cultural "mother's day" (January, 2016).Key words: motherhood, feminism, 10 de mayo, mother´s day, Martha Acevedo

scholarly journals CERPEN PEREMPUAN TANPA NAMA: MARGINALISASI DAN INFERIORITAS PEREMPUAN (TANTANGAN MENUJU SASTRA YANG MEMBEBASKAN)

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luh Putu Sendratari
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
The Body ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Women's Bodies ◽  
Literary Works

Literary works are often interpreted as a medium for the distribution of artistic desires alone. In fact, such a worldview is a mirror of superficiality in understanding literature. Kadek Sonia Priscayanti's short story is one of literary works critical of gender issues, especially in women's bodies, through what women's bodies are viewed and how the body is treated socially and culturally. Semiotic method used to dissect this work with interpretation supported by critical theory about Antonio Gramscie dominance / hegemony, Derrida decontruction and Bourdieu Interpretatif Kontrukstif hence can be found there is depiction of marginalization, inferioritas woman and way of woman do resistance to condition of injustice that happened. At least, this work adds to the list of articles that are sensitive to gender issues and can be an inspiration for the development of the Gender Mainstreaming program in the School World through the aspirations of literary works.Keywords: marginalization, inferiority, resistance, Gender Mainstreaming

scholarly journals Philosophical foundations of the modern critical theory

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
I. M. Ratnikova
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Philosophical Foundations ◽  
Normative Basis ◽  
The Right ◽  
Holistic Research ◽  
Main Ideas ◽  
Struggle For Recognition

The paradigmatic basis of the modern model of Critical Theory is reconstructed in this article. Critical Theory as a conceptually holistic research program of modern Humanities, characterized by the integrality of its philosophical and methodological foundations, is explicated. The main ideas of A. Honnet’s conception of “struggle for recognition” as the normative basis for sociocultural transformations are analyzed. The key elements of the newest versions of the Critical Theory on the example of R. Forst’s concept of justice as the realization of the “right to justification” are researched.

scholarly journals Participación de las mujeres indígenas de Rama Cay, RAAS, en los espacios de toma de decisión

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-52
Author(s):  
Narda Wilson Blandford
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Indigenous Women ◽  
Toma De Decisiones ◽  
Las Mujeres

El estudio ha versado sobre la participación de las mujeres indígenas rama de la comunidad de Rama Cay en los espacios de la toma de decisiones. El objetivo planteado fue comprender la lógica estructural de esta dinámica. Se implementó la metodología cualitativa y se enfocó en la Teoría Crítica, particularmente la que se inscribe en el conocimiento de las reglas implícitas que generan actuación e interpretación. Técnicamente se describe e interpreta la actuación de las mujeres ramas en determinados contextos políticos, lo cual implica necesariamente adentrarse en las esferas del poder.   El estudio presenta la situación de la mujer indígena rama de la comunidad de Rama Cay en los espacios de toma de decisiones, las limitantes y los desafíos a fin de lograr una mayor integración y participación cualitativa en estos ámbitos. SummaryThe study is focused on the participation of Rama’s indigenous women from the community of Rama Cay in decision-making spaces. The objective was to understand the structural logic of this dynamic. Qualitative methodology was implemented and it focused on the critical theory, particularly those that are inscribed in the knowledge of the implicit rules that generate action and interpretation. Technically it describes and interprets the performance of the Rama’s women in certain political contexts, which necessarily involves getting inside the spheres of power.The study presents the situation of indigenous women from Rama Cay community in decision-making spaces, as well as the constraints and challenges to achieve greater integration and qualitative participation in these areas.

scholarly journals Critical political ecology and the seductions of posthumanism

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fayaz Chagani
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Political Ecology ◽  
Human Sciences ◽  
Bruno Latour ◽  
Donna Haraway ◽  
Critical Scholarship ◽  
The Social ◽  
Natural Domains ◽  
Modes Of Existence ◽  
Conceptual Resources

"Posthumanist" theories have become increasingly popular among scholars in political ecology and other fields in the human sciences. The hope is that they will improve our grasp of relations between humans and various nonhumans and, in the process, offer the means to recompose the "social" and the "natural" domains. In this paper, I assess the merits of posthumanisms for critical scholarship. Looking specifically at the work of Bruno Latour (including his latest book, An inquiry into modes of existence) and Donna Haraway, I argue that posthumanist thinking offers not only analytical but normative advantages over conventional and even Marxian approaches. But these newer frameworks contain their own ethico-political limitations and, to the extent that they are useful for addressing conditions of injustice, they continue to depend upon conceptual resources from their precursors. For this reason, a critical political ecology would best be served by preserving a tension between humanist and posthumanist methods.Keywords: posthumanism, critical theory, political ecology, human-nonhuman relations, Bruno Latour, Donna Haraway

scholarly journals DESEO, SANGRE Y PODER – GEORGES BATAILLE Y EL ESTUDIO DEL TANTRA HINDÚ EN EL NORESTE DE LA INDIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-48
Author(s):  
Hugh B Urban
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Female Sexuality ◽  
Georges Bataille ◽  
Sexual Organ ◽  
Theory Of Religion ◽  
Integral Role ◽  
Power Centers ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Sexualidad Femenina

Este artículo analiza el tantra hindú y la adoración de la diosa en el noreste de la India. Para esto se vale de varias de las ideas de Bataille sobre el erotismo, el sacrificio y la transgresión, al tiempo que las repiensa de manera crítica. Específicamente, analiza la adoración de la diosa Kamakhya y su templo en Assam, que es venerado como uno de los más antiguos «centros de poder» o asientos de la diosa en el sur de Asia y como el centro del órgano sexual de la diosa. En muchos sentidos, el trabajo de Bataille es extremadamente útil para comprender la lógica de la transgresión y el uso de la impureza en esta tradición. Al mismo tiempo, sin embargo, este ejemplo también pone de manifiesto algunas tensiones en el trabajo de Bataille, especialmente, la cuestión de la sexualidad femenina y la representación de las mujeres. En el caso del tantra asamés, la sexualidad femenina juega un papel central e integral en los fenómenos más amplios de la transgresión, los gastos y el éxtasis en la experiencia religiosa. Como tal, se puede poner fructíferamente en diálogo con el trabajo de Bataille para una «teoría de la religión» crítica en la actualidad.Abstract: This article examines Hindu Tantra and goddess worship in northeastern India, by using but also critically rethinking several of Bataille’s insights into eroticism, sacrifice, and transgression. Specifically, the article examines the worship of the goddess Kamakhya and her temple in Assam, which is revered as one of the oldest “power centers” or seats of the goddess in South Asia and as the locus of the goddess’s sexual organ. In many ways, Bataille’s work is extremely useful for understanding the logic of transgression and the use of impurity in this tradition. At the same time, however, this example also highlights some tensions in Bataille’s work, particularly the question of female sexuality and women’s agency. In the case of Assamese Tantra, female sexuality plays a central and integral role in the larger phenomena of transgression, expenditure, and ecstatic religious experience. As such, it can be fruitfully put into dialogue with Bataille’s work for a critical “theory of religion” today.

WILDE’S SALOMÉ AND THE AMBIGUOUS FETISH

2001 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-218
Author(s):  
Amanda Fernbach
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Sigmund Freud ◽  
Fin De Siecle ◽  
Women's Bodies ◽  
Fin De Siècle ◽  
Do So

Castration . . . is the seminal fantasy of the decadent imagination.— Charles Bernheimer, “Fetishism and Decadence: Salomé’s Severed Heads”When now I announce that the fetish is a substitute for the penis, I shall certainly create disappointment; so I hasten to add that it is not a substitute for any chance penis, but for a particular and quite special penis that had been extremely important in early childhood but had later been lost. That is to say, it should normally have been given up, but the fetish is precisely designed to preserve it from extinction. To put it more plainly: the fetish is a substitute for the woman’s (the mother’s) penis that the little boy once believed in and — for reasons familiar to us — does not want to give up.— Sigmund Freud, “Fetishism”DESPITE FREUD’S AUTHORITATIVE DECLARATION, contemporary critical theory deploys a conceptual plasticity of the fetish, which refutes the notion of any single narrative of origin.1 Many recent discussions of the fetish have pointed to the limits of the explanatory powers of classical psychoanalysis2 and have been critical of the theoretical importance invested in a narrative of causation which figures women’s bodies as “lacking” or mutilated, according to “the fact” of their “castration.” Focusing on Oscar Wilde’s Salomé, this essay will argue that despite Bernheimer’s claim,3 the Freudian fable of castration need not be taken as the singular, phallic, “seminal fantasy of the decadent imagination.” To do so merely reiterates the gender and sexual hierarchies of classical psychoanalysis and denies the ambiguity of some fetishistic imagery produced in the fin de siècle.

Critical Theory in Research

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Icarbord Tshabangu ◽  
Stefano Ba' ◽  
Silas Memory Madondo
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Frankfurt School ◽  
Feminist Research ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Research Methodologies ◽  
Critical Race Methodology ◽  
Younger Generation ◽  
The Difference

Based on critical theory, this chapter focuses on the first generation of Frankfurt School (mainly to authors such as T.W. Adorno, M. Horkheimer, and W. Benjamin). For discussing methodology in research, these authors are considered more representative than the younger generation (e.g., Habermas and Honneth) mainly because of the renewed interest in the direct critique of society and because of the failure of the younger generation to produce empirical research. The proponents of critical theory establish connections between theory and practice, in the sense that the social content of research must have human dignity at its centre. The difference between method-led and content-led research is discussed and considered central for this kind of approach to empirical research. Feminist research methodologies and critical race methodology are considered as closely associated with critical theory. These different approaches have developed autonomously from critical theory and are not directly related to it. However, feminist research methodologies and critical race methodology are expounded here because of their similarities to the critical theory of the Frankfurt School aimed at providing an emancipatory approach to empirical research.

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