Critical Feminist Theory

2021 ◽  
pp. 233-245
Author(s):  
Katherine J. Denker
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Critical Feminist ◽  
Critical Feminist Theory

Promising Alliances: The Critical Feminist Theory of Nancy Fraser and Seyla Benhabib

2003 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margot Canaday
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Critical Feminist ◽  
Critical Feminist Theory ◽  
Nancy Fraser

This essay examines the work of Nancy Fraser and Seyla Benhabib, two philosophers who have demonstrated that feminist theorists can usefully draw upon both postmodernism and the critical theory tradition, with which Fraser and Benhabib are more clearly associated. I argue that each theorist claims the universal ideals and normative judgements of modernism, and the contextualism, particularity, and skepticism of postmodernism. I do this by revisiting each of their positions in the now well-known Feminist Contentions exchange, by examining the diverse ways in which they reconcile universalism and difference, and by exploring each theorist's critique of the Habermasian public sphere.

scholarly journals Indonesian Islam in a New Era

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-111
Author(s):  
Rosnani Hashim
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Religious Practices ◽  
New Era ◽  
Work Breaks ◽  
P 16 ◽  
Critical Feminist ◽  
Critical Feminist Theory

This work examines the negotiations that Indonesian Muslim women havemade in certain areas of life in the post-Suharto era, an era of socio-politicalreform in which “it is possible to question accepted attitudes and break newground” (p. 16), and their religious practices and identities. The editorsclaim that their work breaks new ground in that (a) it informs readers of“how the women themselves experience their religion and actively engagewith it in their lives” (p. 1); (b) it focuses on women and Islam in the post-Suharto period, in which Islam is more prominent and it is more acceptableto put forward feminist views in Indonesia and within Islam; and (c) it isthe effort of insiders – Indonesian women with western and Islamic training– who can bridge the gap between western and Indonesian scholarshipon Islam and women. The editors state up front that the book does notdeliberately engage in a critical feminist theory and that they are not feministwriters; rather, they are influenced by feminism and desire to show thatwomen are active participants and not mere “passive victims of maleoppression” (p. 2) ...

Women, War, and Conflict

2018 ◽  
pp. 122-138
Author(s):  
Festus O. Idoko
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Relational Theory ◽  
Home Front ◽  
African Woman ◽  
First Line ◽  
Conflict Situations ◽  
War And Conflict ◽  
Critical Feminist ◽  
Critical Feminist Theory

Conflict and war are not unique to Nigeria or Africa. It is now a truism that in conflict situations women are one of the worst hit. The reason is not farfetched: women are in conflict areas, and they are likely to be raped, kidnapped, killed, and or end up as widows/concubines. Although women are seldom directly involved in conflict situations, they serve as the first line of aid, providing what can best be described as succor to the casualties of conflicts as well as maintain the home front in the incessant absence of the male and youths. Predicated on critical feminist theory and the relational theory of conflict, the chapter from a thematic view discusses the plight of women in conflict situations both within the text and the context that is Nigeria. Using Femi Osofisan's “Women of Owu” (2006), an adaptation of Euripedes' “The Trojan Women,” the chapter argues that the manner in which Osofisan dramatizes the story of the African woman trapped in conflict and war is both sympathetic and resilient, yet a gruesome reminder of the position women find themselves in in conflict situations.

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